API 12-121-00400OrphanedOil well
Richardson-Hawkins (Salem Unit) 2
Oil well in Marion County, Illinois · operated by The Texas
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
Mar 6, 1996
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,456 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-00400
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.55285, -89.01183
- State record #
- 121210040002
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,399
- Active
- 250
- States
- AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, ND, UT
- As filed
- The Texas Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payne Herbert 2 | 12-081-00652 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
| Payne Herbert 3 | 12-081-01862 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Company |
| Cohen-Gilbert 1 | 12-081-01857 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Indiana Farm Bureau Coop. Assoc. |
| Orrill Community 1 | 12-081-01569 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
| Friedrich, C.H. 11 | 12-081-01905 | Active | Injection | Superior Oil Company |
| Friedrich, C.H. 12 | 12-081-01906 | Active | Injection | Superior Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.