API 12-025-27144OrphanedOil well
Wattles 1-B
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Goose Creek 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
Sep 9, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,370 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-27144
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.82282, -88.40043
- State record #
- 120252714400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 99
- Active
- 24
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Goose Creek Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers 3 | 12-025-01692 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rock Island Refining Corp. |
| Cosner - Dunningan Comm. 1 | 12-025-00692 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Co., The |
| Chandler-Greenwood Community 1 | 12-025-02814 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Robison Oil Company |
| Manker 1 | 12-025-02970 | Active | Oil | Breuer-Robinson Oil Co. |
| Elliott, Ernest D. 1 | 12-025-02537 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Price, Harold & Larry |
| Bemis, Thomas 1 | 12-025-02962 | Active | Oil | Calvert & Willis |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.