API 12-079-00040OrphanedOil well
King, Charles 2A
Oil well in Jasper County, Illinois · operated by Pure 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
May 1, 1941
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,805 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-079-00040
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jasper
- Coordinates
- 38.89370, -88.11722
- State record #
- 120790004000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 2,920
- Active
- 231
- States
- AR, CO, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Pure Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor 1 | 12-159-03375 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hudson, Larry A. |
| Scherer C 3 | 12-159-00289 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Texas Company |
| Boatman 2 | 12-159-02572 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shamrock Drilling Corp. |
| Heady, Clarence 1 | 12-159-01903 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Runyon, Robert L. |
| Gertsch 1 | 12-159-24287 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nelms Brothers Oil Properties, Inc |
| Myers W J 1 | 12-159-02768 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Southern Illinois Oil Prod. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.