API 12-065-03492OrphanedOil well
Kern J 2
Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by The Texas
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
Aug 16, 1966
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,081 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-03492
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 38.02842, -88.46250
- State record #
- 120650349200
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,399
- Active
- 250
- States
- AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, UT
- As filed
- The Texas Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer 1 | 12-065-01304 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnsdale Inc., Inc. |
| Harper 1 | 12-193-02942 | Active | Oil | Illini Drilling Co. |
| Carter 1 | 12-065-24927 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | B & J Resources, Inc. |
| Brown-Barton 3 | 12-065-24930 | Active | Oil | Brown Enterprises |
| Allen, Wayne W. 2 | 12-193-06920 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Doran, Thomas S. |
| Barton 4 | 12-065-24942 | Active | Oil | Brown Enterprises |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.