API 12-081-24044OrphanedOil well
Hays Comm 1
Oil well in Jefferson County, Illinois · operated by Gentles Drilling
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 5, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,135 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-081-24044
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Jefferson
- Coordinates
- 38.27547, -88.83542
- State record #
- 120812404400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 33
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Gentles Drilling Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lankford Rosa E 1 | 12-081-00804 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | George & Wrather Oil |
| Brown, Frank 1 | 12-081-01072 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keystone Oil Company |
| Wahrenberg 1 | 12-081-01475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jet Oil Company |
| Jefferson County Gas & Oil Well 1 | 12-081-00201 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nollem & Benoist |
| Zahn 1 | 12-081-01748 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robinson Paul D |
| Gilbert Heirs 1 | 12-081-01454 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strickland, Frank L. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.