API 12-065-00049OrphanedOil well
Kern J C 1
Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Shell 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
Aug 1, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,059 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-00049
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 38.03037, -88.46481
- State record #
- 120650004900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4,222
- Active
- 139
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Shell Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friend Leslie 1 | 12-065-00663 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brehm, C. E. Drilling & Producing |
| Tucker Della M 1 | 12-065-03216 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Montgomery 5 | 12-193-33203 | Active | Oil | Webb, Patrick Oil L.L.C. |
| Brown-Barton 2 | 12-065-24919 | Active | Oil | Brown Enterprises |
| Morehead 2 | 12-193-30073 | Active | Oil | Webb, Patrick Oil L.L.C. |
| Brown-Barton 1 | 12-065-24872 | Active | Injection | Brown Enterprises |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.