API 12-047-22892OrphanedOil well
Miller Ruby 1
Oil well in Edwards County, Illinois · operated by Hite Operating
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
Sep 17, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,385 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-047-22892
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Edwards
- Coordinates
- 38.46070, -88.06468
- State record #
- 120472289200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 43
- Active
- 7
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Hite Operating, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beasles-Park Comm 1 | 12-191-28718 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Runyon Oil Exploration |
| Chalcraft 1 | 12-047-00093 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Jones, August 3-W | 12-191-29725 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | George, T. W. Trust |
| Wick 1 | 12-047-24859 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Roosevelt Trust 2 | 12-047-23729 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maybe Oil, Inc. |
| Fieber-Pollard Comm 1 | 12-047-00590 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | French Creek Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.