API 12-025-00281OrphanedOil well
Hancock, Edgar 1
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Baldwin Don H
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
Oct 1, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,489 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-00281
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.72020, -88.40402
- State record #
- 120250028101
Operator
- Wells operated
- 85
- Active
- 18
- States
- IL, KY, OH
- As filed
- Baldwin, Don H.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelton L A 1 | 12-191-05486 | Active | Oil | Meyer John C |
| Skelton 3 | 12-191-31010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Omaha Oil & Gas Ltd. |
| Skelton 4 | 12-191-05487 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Omaha Oil & Gas Ltd. |
| Gill, Amy 1 | 12-191-05452 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Gill, L. 1 | 12-191-30135 | Other status | Other type | Wells, Wilbur D. |
| Hosselton, Leon 2 | 12-191-31037 | Active | Oil | Gem Oil & Gas Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.