API 12-025-28484OrphanedOil well
Wyatt 8
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Big Man 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
Jul 17, 1998
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,631 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-28484
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.70297, -88.55353
- State record #
- 120252848400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 49
- Active
- 9
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Big Man Oil Co., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook 1 | 12-191-00525 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevigny John E |
| Spitzner 1 | 12-191-01731 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schock, W. O. |
| Phillips A 1 | 12-191-05337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Halbert, Ralph C. |
| Phillips A 1-A | 12-191-05338 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Halbert, Ralph C. |
| Talbert, Joseph C. 2 | 12-191-01762 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Superior Oil Company |
| Talbert Joseph C 3 | 12-191-01761 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.