API 12-065-24867OrphanedOil well
Brown-Becker 1
Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Brown Enterprises
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 17, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,500 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-24867
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 38.18585, -88.39820
- State record #
- 120652486700
Operator
- Wells operated
- 28
- Active
- 7
- States
- IL
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson 1 | 12-065-24686 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Donahue Oil Company |
| Lampley C M 1 | 12-065-01506 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Allen, M. 1 | 12-065-25585 | Active | Oil | Sunset Oil & Gas Partners, LLC |
| Wilson, D. H. 1 | 12-065-02070 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Buss Heirs 1 | 12-193-00306 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Neff-Wilson-Leighty |
| Draper Dana 1 | 12-193-03265 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Turner, J. D. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.