API 12-081-00491OrphanedOil well
State Game Preserve B-2
Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Texaco
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
Oct 1, 1960
Plug date
—
Total depth
5,676 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-081-00491
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jefferson
- Coordinates
- 38.23765, -88.87348
- State record #
- 120810049101
Operator
- Wells operated
- 10,522
- Active
- 267
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NY, OH, OK, PA, UT
- As filed
- Texaco, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sink, Eugene 1 | 12-055-23405 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Budmark Oil Co., Inc. |
| Stone 1 | 12-055-22810 | Active | Oil | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Clark 1 | 12-055-22805 | Active | Oil | Brehm Ce&Duke Resources |
| D. H. 29 | 12-055-24732 | Other status | Other type | Old Ben Coal Co. |
| Clayton 1 | 12-055-24742 | Other status | Other type | Dekalb Agri Assn., Inc. |
| Taylor, D. 1 | 12-055-00822 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ashland Oil & Refining Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.