API 12-025-02441OrphanedOil well
Hosselton, W. S. 2
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
Jul 18, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,101 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-02441
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.60737, -88.35510
- State record #
- 120250244100
Operator
- 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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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern G 2 | 12-191-04076 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shulman Bros., Inc. |
| Brown W A 1 | 12-191-04785 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Brown, James G. |
| Powell Estil J 1 | 12-191-01910 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Floyd & Henson Inc |
| Miller, E. H. 2-A | 12-191-33090 | Active | Oil | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Best, V. 1 | 12-191-07608 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Davis, Alva C. Drilling Co. |
| S.W. Van Fossan Unit-Shelton Cons. 1 | 12-191-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Oil Company of California |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.