API 12-159-00130OrphanedOil well
Hays H D 1
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois
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
Sep 1, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,002 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-00130
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.76483, -88.18955
- State record #
- 121590013000
Operator
No operator of record — this is a documented orphaned well.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackford 1 | 12-159-24576 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wattleworth & Bunn |
| Harlan, Emma Etal 1 | 12-159-00754 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Witt W Earl |
| Ring R M 1 | 12-159-00639 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murvin, John B. |
| Guyot, Charles 1 | 12-159-02578 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulk, Perry |
| Pitts Comm 1 | 12-159-23679 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Spartan Petroleum Co. |
| Brown, J 1 | 12-159-23654 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lewis, Donald L. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.