API 12-065-02814OrphanedOil well
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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
Oct 21, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,095 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-02814
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 37.97136, -88.52775
- State record #
- 120650281400
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rister, Arthur 2 | 12-165-25187 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Beeson, Richard W. |
| Roberts 1 | 12-165-25119 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pyramid, G. W. Co., Inc. |
| Rister, Arthur W. 1 | 12-165-25176 | Other status | Other type | Beeson, Richard W. |
| Webber ET AL 7 | 12-165-25503 | Active | Oil | Ashland Exploration, Inc. |
| MP Methane Vent Well 1 | 12-165-26672 | Active | Gas | American Coal Co., The |
| Rister A 1 | 12-165-25221 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rister L S |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.