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API 12-025-26691OrphanedOil well

Banker 3

Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Britton Shelby A & Sylvia

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

Sep 30, 1981

Plug date

Total depth

3,690 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-025-26691
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Clay
Coordinates
38.65655, -88.35362
State record #
120252669100

Operator

Britton Shelby A & Sylvia

Wells operated
106
Active
19
States
IL
As filed
Britton, Shelby A. & Sylvia

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Johnson, Callie 412-191-31256Plugged & abandonedOilRebstock, C. F.
Kessell, Marie 112-191-32427Plugged & abandonedOther typeBig Man Oil Co., Inc.
Loss 112-191-08054Plugged & abandonedOilRepublic Oil Company, Inc.
Well 12-191-0742812-191-07428Plugged & abandonedOther typeOhio & IN Oil
Billingsley, Roy 112-191-00985Plugged & abandonedOther typeRidgedale Oil & Gas Co.
Clark James C 112-191-03997Plugged & abandonedOther typeDuncan, N. V., Estate of

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