API 12-025-28961OrphanedOil well
Hosselton 3-A
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
Nov 4, 2007
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,075 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-025-28961
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Clay
- Coordinates
- 38.62218, -88.40988
- State record #
- 120252896100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell W E 2 | 12-191-04991 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
| Greathouse, M. Tr. 19 5 | 12-191-04538 | Active | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Dewey Grove 1 | 12-191-30281 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Illinois Oil Prod. |
| Weaver R H 1 | 12-191-03272 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| McDowell W E 4 | 12-191-28357 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company of California |
| Shehorn O 2 | 12-191-00971 | Active | Oil | Texas Company, The |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.