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API 12-025-02375OrphanedOil well

Pierce R H 5

Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Pure 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

Aug 16, 1941

Plug date

Total depth

3,060 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-025-02375
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Clay
Coordinates
38.60255, -88.31143
State record #
120250237500

Operator

Pure Oil

Wells operated
2,920
Active
231
States
AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, PA, UT, WY
As filed
Pure Oil Company

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Smith Comm 112-191-31009Plugged & abandonedOther typeTEBCO, Inc.
Hedrick Wilson 112-191-00894Plugged & abandonedOther typeSlagter, Arthur J., Jr.
Madding, H. C. 112-191-01142Plugged & abandonedOilThomas E. Henricks
Daubs W F 112-191-01143Plugged & abandonedOther typeFulk, Perry
Daubs, W. F. 212-191-05148Plugged & abandonedOther typeWand
Rogers S O A-112-191-05001Plugged & abandonedOilThe Pure Oil Company

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.