API 12-025-27866OrphanedOil well
Smith - Wilson Comm. 3
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Gator 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
Jan 16, 1987
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,014 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-27866
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.68357, -88.42533
- State record #
- 120252786600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 268
- Active
- 77
- States
- IL, KY, LA, MS, OK
- As filed
- Gator Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison, H. G. 7 | 12-191-05397 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
| Garrison S B B-3 | 12-191-05400 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Flexter, Guy 2 | 12-191-05391 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Hearn, George 1 | 12-191-05402 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Company of California |
| Powers A W 2 | 12-191-05381 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Gray L P A-3 | 12-191-05365 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.