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
- 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
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cicardo-PNG 1 | 12-165-26604 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peabody Natural Gas, L.L.C. |
| Wilson V 1 | 12-165-25376 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fairway Oil |
| Wilson R F 2 | 12-059-00405 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Balderson, J. F. |
| Graves 1 | 12-059-02466 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sanders, H. N. |
| Graves 1 | 12-059-24599 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Benson Chas A 4 | 12-165-03007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morgan, W. O., Etal |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.