API 12-059-00697OrphanedOil well
Williams Rufus 3
Oil well in Gallatin County, Illinois · operated by Cherry Aw & Kidd Barron
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
Feb 1, 1950
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,509 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-059-00697
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Gallatin
- Coordinates
- 37.84827, -88.16807
- State record #
- 120590069700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 56
- Active
- 3
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Cherry, A. W. & Kidd, Barron
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings 1-5 | 12-059-01058 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Lewis, James A. |
| Fitzgibbon, H. J. 1 | 12-059-02915 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlas Drilling Co. |
| Mitchell 2-A | 12-059-03209 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pricefields Oil, Inc. |
| Scates E-3 | 12-059-25378 | Active | Oil | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Scates E-4 | 12-059-25379 | Active | Oil | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Scates E-5 | 12-059-25385 | Active | Oil | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.