API 12-025-00427OrphanedOil well
Hira, Byers 2
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Gesell Don W
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, 1991
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,467 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-00427
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.86292, -88.62192
- State record #
- 120250042704
Operator
- Wells operated
- 32
- Active
- 8
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Gesell, Don W.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Community 2 | 12-025-28528 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Deep Rock Energy Corp. |
| Bailey Comm. 1A | 12-025-28871 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Deep Rock Energy Corp. |
| Thompson, Maude 1 | 12-025-01421 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Canter Drilling Co. |
| Creamer, Max Comm. A-1 | 12-025-04558 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| McElyea, Paul 1-B | 12-025-01137 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Sutton 2 | 12-025-04745 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hagen, Lowell & Leon |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.