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API 12-059-24131OrphanedOil well

Howell M 3

Oil well in Gallatin County, Illinois · operated by Crystal 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

Mar 7, 1982

Plug date

Total depth

2,850 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-059-24131
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Gallatin
Coordinates
37.90192, -88.20828
State record #
120592413100

Operator

Crystal Oil

Wells operated
74
Active
4
States
AL, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MS, UT, WY
As filed
Crystal Oil Company

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Dodge, H.P. 112-059-00293Plugged & abandonedOther typeKingwood Oil Co.
Couser-Abell 112-059-01728Plugged & abandonedOther typeStelle, John Associates
Brugger Arthur 112-059-01017Plugged & abandonedOther typeVandenbark Et Al
Maloney, Sallie 11-WI12-059-25264ActiveInjectionDee Drilling Co., Inc.
Brugger Arthur 112-059-02037Plugged & abandonedOther typeCoy Oil, Inc.
Humble 112-059-03263Plugged & abandonedOther typeVanDenBark, Inc.

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.