API 12-025-00070OrphanedOil well
Kidwell, A. L. 5-B
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Britton Shelby A & Sylvia
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 20, 1992
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,400 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-00070
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.88145, -88.62845
- State record #
- 120250007003
Operator
- Wells operated
- 106
- Active
- 19
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Britton, Shelby A. & Sylvia
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuhlig 2 | 12-025-29033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Deep Rock Energy Corp. |
| Spencer, L. et al 1 | 12-025-00972 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Breuer & Curren Oil |
| Hanks, D. N. 1-A | 12-121-26271 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Tri-State Prod. & Dev., Inc. |
| Kincaid 1-28 | 12-025-28948 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Zink, John 1 | 12-025-03237 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reznik, Joe |
| Gammon 2 | 12-025-25089 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shawn Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.