API 12-025-25449OrphanedOil well
Buchanan 4
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Hudson Larry A
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
Jun 24, 1976
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,662 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-25449
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.62195, -88.32520
- State record #
- 120252544900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 72
- Active
- 22
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Hudson, Larry A.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 3 | 12-191-30771 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rocket Petroleum |
| Guyot George 1 | 12-191-00876 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Mid-Continent Co. |
| King Ivan A-1 | 12-191-04988 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| McDowell W E 2 | 12-191-04991 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
| Dewey Grove 1 | 12-191-30281 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Illinois Oil Prod. |
| Weaver R H 1 | 12-191-03272 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.