API 12-051-25687OrphanedOil well
Simmons, Orvill 3
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
Dec 14, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,667 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-25687
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.12082, -88.84067
- State record #
- 120512568700
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooten, L. O. 4 | 12-051-02825 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Company, The |
| Wilhelm, K. 4 | 12-051-02852 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Refining Company |
| Wooten, L. O. 9 | 12-051-02828 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Company, The |
| Wooten, L. O. NCT-1 Tract 4 10 | 12-051-02829 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc. |
| Wooton, L. O. 11 | 12-051-02830 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Company, The |
| Wooten, L. O. 3 | 12-051-02824 | Active | Oil | Extex, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.