API 12-065-02883OrphanedOil well
Brown Community 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
Mar 1, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,112 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-02883
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 37.96036, -88.52549
- State record #
- 120650288300
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr-McGee GWM 1 | 12-165-24141 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Cotter, Lloyd 1 | 12-165-25761 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Finite Resources, Ltd. |
| Smith, James 1 | 12-165-25742 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Finite Resources, Ltd. |
| Barrett Clara Etal 1 | 12-165-02232 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Paco Petroleum Corp. |
| Stevens 1 | 12-165-02733 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moran, E. F., Inc. |
| Bayer-Watson Comm 1 | 12-165-02233 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Doran, Thomas S. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.