API 12-121-01135OrphanedOil well
Ray W 5
Oil well in Marion 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
Nov 1, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,095 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-121-01135
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Marion
- Coordinates
- 38.59268, -88.98493
- State record #
- 121210113500
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luchsinger H R 2 | 12-081-01884 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stephens Anthony V |
| Luchsinger H R 5-W | 12-081-01621 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Humble Oil & Refining Company |
| Telford 1 | 12-081-23877 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sherman, Ernest |
| Telford E L 1 | 12-081-24783 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bayer, Kenneth M. |
| Hoyt Elizabeth 1 | 12-081-00279 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wiser Oil Co., The |
| Luchsinger-Hall 2 | 12-081-01519 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Humble Oil & Refining Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.