API 12-025-26059OrphanedOil well
Hancock 3
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Bangert Everett M
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 20, 1979
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,987 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-26059
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.71843, -88.40393
- State record #
- 120252605900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Bangert, Everett M.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside Sch. Cons.-Chaffin, E. V. 9 | 12-191-07827 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Oil Company of California |
| Briscoe, J. 1 | 12-191-28993 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Zanetis,John M.Estate of |
| Hosselton, S. W. 1 | 12-191-05492 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Black, J. L. |
| Skelton 2 | 12-191-30971 | Orphaned | Oil | Omaha Oil & Gas Ltd. |
| Woodside School Cons.- E.V. Chaffin B-8 | 12-191-07804 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Oil Company of California |
| Gill 4 | 12-191-30946 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Triple "B" Oil Producers, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.