API 12-081-23426OrphanedOil well
Hughey 1
Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Sherman Ernest
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
Jun 8, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,950 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-081-23426
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jefferson
- Coordinates
- 38.21138, -88.94530
- State record #
- 120812342601
Operator
- Wells operated
- 152
- Active
- 21
- States
- IL, KY
- As filed
- Sherman, Ernest
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extraction P & D BH-1 | 12-055-25312 | Other status | Other type | Keyrock Energy, LLC |
| Pettit 1 | 12-055-01536 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith, Doyle |
| Jones | 12-055-01440 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lewis, Will I. |
| Hayes-Swain Et Al 2 | 12-055-00655 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eslick & Post |
| D. H. 23 | 12-055-24735 | Other status | Other type | Old Ben Coal Co. |
| Clinton Et Al 1 | 12-055-23308 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sherman, Ernest |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.