API 12-101-29126OrphanedOil well
Gray Joseph 62
Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Marathon 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
Jul 5, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,731 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-101-29126
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Lawrence
- Coordinates
- 38.64588, -87.73042
- State record #
- 121012912600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 8,999
- Active
- 2,695
- States
- AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, PA, UT, WV, WY
- As filed
- Marathon Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simms V E 1 | 12-185-03924 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mt. Carmel Drlg. Co. |
| Armstrong W H 2 | 12-185-03411 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snowden Bros. & Co |
| Tracy Heirs 1 | 12-185-03530 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sunflower Oil & Gas |
| Hammler, Re 1 | 12-185-05880 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| Madden Mark 5 | 12-185-03044 | Other status | Other type | Lindsay & Sammel |
| Wright Della 3 | 12-185-03456 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.