API 12-065-00467OrphanedOil well
Shelton 1
Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Kingwood 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
Oct 30, 1946
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,028 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-00467
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 38.00480, -88.47433
- State record #
- 120650046701
Operator
- Wells operated
- 647
- Active
- 127
- States
- CO, IL, KY, MS, MT, ND, OK, UT, WY
- As filed
- Kingwood Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colnon, J. T. Tr. 1 | 12-059-00385 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heath, B. M. et al |
| Duckworth Annie 1 | 12-059-01772 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keystone Oil Company |
| Tison Hrs 1 | 12-165-02583 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gilliam Drilling Company |
| Mahoney Estate 1 | 12-165-03070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McCullough, Richard |
| Girot, Bruce 1 | 12-165-25799 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Triangle Oil Co. |
| Garner Charles 1 | 12-165-25384 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vanguard Petroleum Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.