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API 12-065-03010OrphanedOil well

Ritcheson, A. 3

Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Shell 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

Jul 1, 1941

Plug date

Total depth

2,995 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-065-03010
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Hamilton
Coordinates
38.01932, -88.47182
State record #
120650301000

Operator

Shell Oil

Wells operated
4,222
Active
139
States
AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
As filed
Shell Oil Company

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Cicardo-PNG 112-165-26604Plugged & abandonedOther typePeabody Natural Gas, L.L.C.
Wilson V 112-165-25376Plugged & abandonedOther typeFairway Oil
Wilson R F 212-059-00405Plugged & abandonedOther typeBalderson, J. F.
Graves 112-059-02466Plugged & abandonedOilSanders, H. N.
Graves 112-059-24599Plugged & abandonedOilRepublic Oil Company, Inc.
Benson Chas A 412-165-03007Plugged & abandonedOilMorgan, W. O., Etal

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.