API 12-025-28886OrphanedOil well
Smith 4
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
Jul 26, 2006
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,802 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-28886
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.69429, -88.41736
- State record #
- 120252888600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCracken W G 1 | 12-191-01744 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Wells, Mary 1 | 12-191-31352 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Black Diamond Energy |
| Jordan D E 3 | 12-191-05257 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
| Michels Hugh 5 | 12-191-05261 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
| Hosselton, Fred 2 | 12-191-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sanders, John W. etal |
| Michels Hugh 11 | 12-191-05265 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Pure Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.