API 12-025-27231OrphanedOil well
Duke 1
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Sulsberger Daniel 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 17, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,015 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-27231
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.71128, -88.40860
- State record #
- 120252723100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 16
- Active
- 4
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Sulsberger, Daniel M.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosselton, L. E. C-5 | 12-191-05468 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Beaird, R.F. 1 | 12-191-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeman Oil |
| Hosselton 1 | 12-191-28671 | Active | Oil | Farrar, Fletcher F. |
| Mosley, Laura E. 1 | 12-191-05471 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Redwine, Nash |
| Mix Alice 1 | 12-191-31363 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robinson Engineering |
| Hubble, Andy D-1 | 12-191-05469 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.