API 12-051-00523OrphanedOil well
Belden Unit 2
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Exxon
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, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,521 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-00523
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.07795, -88.91703
- State record #
- 120510052300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 3,035
- Active
- 476
- States
- AL, AR, CA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MT, PA, UT
- As filed
- Exxon Corporation
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece, O. E. 1 | 12-051-01370 | Other status | Other type | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Reece, O. E. 4 | 12-051-25908 | Active | Injection | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Reece, O. E. 2 | 12-051-25897 | Active | Oil | New Spirit, Inc. |
| Miller A-1 | 12-051-25857 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morris, Robert E. |
| Hamill 3 | 12-051-25839 | Active | Oil | New Spirit, Inc. |
| Boaz 1 | 12-051-25911 | Orphaned | Oil | Triple S Oil Prod. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.