API 12-009-20788OrphanedOil well
Hecox 1
Oil well in Brown County, Illinois · operated by R & R Enterprises
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
Nov 8, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
687 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-009-20788
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Brown
- Coordinates
- 39.93538, -90.81821
- State record #
- 120092078800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 37
- Active
- 4
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurfman 1 | 12-001-21826 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quincy Oil Co. |
| Bowman, Elvie G. 1 | 12-149-00190 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bassett, Clyde |
| Cooley 1 | 12-149-00394 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beach, Arnold |
| Cull 1 | 12-149-20827 | Other status | Other type | South Comstock Corp. |
| Kurfman E D 2 | 12-149-00130 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Starr, Ray F. |
| Haberman 1 | 12-149-20919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | River King Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.