API 12-025-26053OrphanedOil well
Van Houten 2-A
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Newton 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
Oct 26, 1979
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,590 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-26053
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.81318, -88.38175
- State record #
- 120252605300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 83
- Active
- 21
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Newton, Don W.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billingsley 2 | 12-025-27609 | Active | Oil | Lawrence Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Meyerholz 4 | 12-025-01103 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Revelle Brothers |
| Finley Heirs Comm. 2 | 12-025-01989 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reynolds, Earle B. |
| Liebke 1 | 12-025-02806 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schaffer, Jack, Etal |
| Dunnigan, L. 2-SWD | 12-025-26467 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Graham, Jerry D. |
| Hance Heirs 2 | 12-159-00551 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richey Ancil A |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.