API 12-065-00395OrphanedOil well
Cotter E 1
Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Texaco
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 1, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,134 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-00395
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 37.96386, -88.53473
- State record #
- 120650039500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 10,522
- Active
- 267
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NY, OH, OK, PA, UT
- As filed
- Texaco, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiseman 2 | 12-165-26603 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Gallagher Drilling, Inc. |
| Stevens Clifton 2 | 12-165-03122 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Schlafly, H.J. Etal. |
| Suttner Victor 1 | 12-165-00854 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brooks, P. E. Etal |
| V Suttern 2 | 12-165-01401 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | George & Wrather Oil |
| Moye L W 2 | 12-165-02235 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Howard, Howard E. & Howell, J. V. |
| Crawford (Northwest Eldorado Unit) 4-WS | 12-165-02245 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shakespeare Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.