API 12-051-04219OrphanedOil well
Hopper (South) 3
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Hughes Production
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
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Drilling began
Completion
Sep 28, 1938
Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-04219
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.05863, -88.91947
- State record #
- 120510421901
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Hughes Production Co.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doehring 1 | 12-051-01493 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schiermann, Al |
| Marchman 5 WI | 12-051-01754 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Belden, W. L. |
| Winter 1 | 12-051-26016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harris & Rohlfing Oil Pr |
| Wagner Heirs 6 | 12-051-01852 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Easterday, Fred Trustee |
| Wagner Heirs 4 | 12-051-01849 | Active | Oil | Easterday, Fred Trustee |
| Wagner Heirs 3 | 12-051-02230 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Easterday, Fred G.W. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.