API 12-025-27165OrphanedOil well
Gill 1
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Benchmark Properties
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 1, 2004
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,040 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-27165
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.70736, -88.40887
- State record #
- 120252716502
Operator
- Wells operated
- 64
- Active
- 30
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Benchmark Properties, Ltd.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson E W B-3 | 12-191-05517 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Company |
| Hosselton, L. E. B-4 | 12-191-31853 | Active | Injection | Union Oil Company of CA |
| Hosselton L E 3-B | 12-191-31693 | Orphaned | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Obrecht, M. Unit 3 | 12-191-04234 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shakespeare Oil Co. |
| Skelton 1 | 12-191-31810 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J.R.G. Oil Co., Inc. |
| Skelton 1 | 12-191-31725 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | PEP Drilling Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.