API 12-055-23097OrphanedOil well
Boyles 5
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by H & W 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
Sep 5, 1981
Plug date
—
Total depth
6,150 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-23097
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.07178, -88.91650
- State record #
- 120552309700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 80
- Active
- 40
- States
- IL, KS
- As filed
- H & W Oil Co., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Drill Hole 135 | 12-055-24823 | Other status | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Logan, Bob 1 | 12-055-23882 | Orphaned | Gas | Finite Resources, Ltd. |
| Finite Crown "B" 6 | 12-055-24883 | Active | Oil | Gesell's Pump Sales & Service |
| Peabody 18-2 | 12-055-23863 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| Benton Flood Unit 2-W | 12-055-00725 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| Freeman 3 | 12-055-02193 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.