API 12-025-25668OrphanedOil well
Galloway 8
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Newton Don W
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
Oct 10, 1977
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,573 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-25668
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.87208, -88.37437
- State record #
- 120252566800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 83
- Active
- 21
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Newton, Don W.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor, Roy et al 1 | 12-025-01370 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walker, Sam G. |
| Anderson, C. H. 1 | 12-025-01463 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | E Central Develop Co |
| Hilderbrand 1 | 12-025-26678 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Busby 1-P | 12-025-26749 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petro-Search Associates, Inc |
| Wells 2 | 12-025-01116 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hendricks Ray |
| Hilderbrand, Leola 1 | 12-025-03430 | Active | Oil | Black & Black Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.