API 12-033-06973OrphanedOil well
Payn, Melville (98A) 66
Oil well in Crawford County, Illinois · operated by The Pure 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 1, 1949
Plug date
—
Total depth
615 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-033-06973
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Crawford
- Coordinates
- 39.14982, -87.92729
- State record #
- 120330697300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,413
- Active
- 113
- States
- AR, CA, IL, KY, ND
- As filed
- The Pure Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dees, C. L. 16 | 12-033-32864 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Leavell, Dan R. |
| Sherrell, James E. 1-A | 12-033-08909 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arthalony, Leo E. |
| Dees, C. L. Etal C- 7 | 12-033-32678 | Other status | Other type | Leavell, Dan R. |
| Mouser, C. B. 22 | 12-033-32899 | Active | Oil | Marathon Oil Company |
| Stahl, Inez 1 | 12-033-32545 | Active | Oil | Leavell, Dan R. |
| Boyd, John 9 | 12-033-31484 | Active | Oil | Christa Oil Company, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.