API 12-065-00487OrphanedOil well
Wheeler A 6
Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Texas Co The
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
Jan 1, 1944
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,450 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-00487
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 37.99387, -88.48363
- State record #
- 120650048700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 274
- Active
- 15
- States
- AL, IL, MI
- As filed
- Texas Co., The
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grisham 1 | 12-165-25218 | Active | Oil | Keating Oil Co. |
| Moore, Lloyd B. 1 | 12-165-23861 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | IL Mid-Continent/Dee Drlg |
| Durham, A. 1 | 12-165-25422 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashland Exploration, Inc. |
| Massey J H 3 | 12-165-02171 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Breuer-Robison Oil Co. |
| Carter, O.A. Etal 1 | 12-165-01384 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schoonmaker, George C. |
| Craig 8 | 12-165-25801 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilpro |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.