API 12-023-00948OrphanedOil well
Claypool Cons-B 53
Oil well in Clark County, Illinois · operated by Pure 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
Sep 1, 1956
Plug date
—
Total depth
469 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-023-00948
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clark
- Coordinates
- 39.24008, -87.93083
- State record #
- 120230094800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,920
- Active
- 231
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Pure Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickox 2 | 12-079-25656 | Active | Oil | American Oil Investments, Inc. |
| Hill, D.R. 2 | 12-033-17733 | Other status | Other type | Bell Brothers |
| Bowman W-1 | 12-033-31733 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Midwestern Production Corp. |
| Hickox 1-K/B | 12-079-25648 | Active | Oil | Knierim Company, Inc. |
| Guyer W-6 | 12-033-35495 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Emerald Oil Company, Inc. |
| Gwinn G R Et Al 2 | 12-033-07901 | Active | Oil | Harper, R. W., Jr. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.