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API 12-025-26048OrphanedOil well

Hartley 5-B

Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Crest 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

Nov 1, 1979

Plug date

Total depth

3,680 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-025-26048
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Clay
Coordinates
38.70412, -88.31213
State record #
120252604800

Operator

Crest Oil

Wells operated
150
Active
23
States
CA, IL, KY, MI, UT
As filed
Crest Oil Co., Inc.

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Nearby wells

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Hosselton E. R. Et. Al. 112-191-03717Plugged & abandonedOther typeApache Petr. Develop.
Hosselton, L. E. C-112-191-01810Plugged & abandonedInjectionThe Pure Oil Company
Miller Comm 412-191-07773Plugged & abandonedOther typeTamarack Petroleum Co.
Miller, Nellie W-412-191-04135Plugged & abandonedInjectionTamarack Petroleum Co.
Cobble 112-191-08177Plugged & abandonedOther typePartlow & Cochonour
Hubble, Andy 212-191-05567Plugged & abandonedOilPartlow & Cochonour

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