API 12-025-27254OrphanedOil well
Croy 1
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Gator Oil
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
Spud date
—
Drilling began
Completion
Jan 28, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,025 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-27254
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.70557, -88.41122
- State record #
- 120252725400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 268
- Active
- 77
- States
- IL, KY, LA, MS, OK
- As filed
- Gator Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosselton, Carl "A" 14 | 12-191-31745 | Active | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Davis Clarence 1 | 12-191-01751 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slape, Don Drilling Company |
| Gill 1 | 12-191-05254 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gordon, John D. |
| Hosselton, Carl A-16 | 12-191-01807 | Orphaned | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Phillips 1 | 12-191-28693 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Kuyoth 1 | 12-191-05587 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bruner, Anthony |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.