API 12-025-00121OrphanedOil well
Moss Lee 5
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Shell 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
Jan 1, 1944
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,349 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-00121
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.87407, -88.61703
- State record #
- 120250012100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4,222
- Active
- 139
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Shell Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruckman, John 1 | 12-025-01923 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Falese Oil Co. |
| Ruckman, John B. 1 | 12-025-03234 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | George & Wrather Oil |
| Harrell, R. L. B-2 | 12-025-01645 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Company, The |
| Harrell, R. L. - Tr. 1 B-3 | 12-025-03233 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Company, The |
| Gammon, Ella - Tr. 2 B-1 | 12-025-01322 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Company, The |
| Gammon, Ella 2 | 12-025-03230 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Company, The |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.