API 12-159-25733OrphanedOil well
Rule 2
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Mega 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
Mar 7, 1998
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,110 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-25733
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.62223, -88.24640
- State record #
- 121592573300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 78
- Active
- 39
- States
- IL, OH
- As filed
- Mega Oil, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell W E 2 | 12-191-04991 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
| Weber Hubert 1 | 12-047-23215 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| McDowell W E 4 | 12-191-28357 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Powell, Marshall 2 | 12-191-28352 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Powell Consolidated C-2 | 12-191-08293 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Mckibbin 1 | 12-191-29886 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McGehee, Marshall |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.