API 12-025-00429OrphanedOil well
Louden, J. F. 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
Feb 11, 1993
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,648 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-00429
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.86663, -88.62182
- State record #
- 120250042904
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuhlig, J. W. 1 | 12-025-01505 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peake Petroleum |
| Tolliver 2 | 12-025-03260 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Troop, R. H. |
| Sharp, Lizzie 2-WI | 12-025-03258 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Company, The |
| Aldrich, E. E. 3-WI | 12-025-03238 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Company, The |
| Kincaid 1-33 | 12-025-29202 | Active | Oil | Deep Rock Energy Corp. |
| Pickle, Ople 1 | 12-025-01800 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Duncan, Walter |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.