API 12-025-28688OrphanedOil well
Smith, Sol "B" 20
Oil well in Clay County, Illinois · operated by Citation Oil & Gas
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
Jun 13, 2016
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,660 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-28688
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.62442, -88.35050
- State record #
- 120252868801
Operator
- Wells operated
- 9,922
- Active
- 7,334
- States
- CO, IL, KS, LA, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, UT, WY
- As filed
- Citation Oil & Gas Corp.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon, G 1 | 12-191-28810 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Keyser, Charles |
| Keyser, W. H. 1 | 12-191-04987 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murvin, John B. |
| Jones George E 1 | 12-191-04041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | West Drilling Co. |
| Holmes, V. 2 | 12-191-28445 | Orphaned | Oil | Rose, Hubert W. |
| Straub 1 | 12-191-28387 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farrar, Fletcher F. |
| Trotter Frank 1 | 12-191-04977 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Slagter, Arthur J., Jr. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.