API 12-159-01955OrphanedOil well
Southgate, William 2
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Union Oil Company Of Ca
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
May 1, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,635 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-01955
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.76743, -88.17687
- State record #
- 121590195500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 216
- Active
- 62
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Union Oil Company of CA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grubb, A. 2 | 12-159-26339 | Active | Oil | Booth Resources, Inc. |
| Boone 4 | 12-159-26646 | Active | Oil | JKL Oil, Inc. |
| Boone, H. G. 1 | 12-159-01343 | Shut-in | Other type | Van Blaricum, Ken |
| Miller 1 | 12-159-24697 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pawnee Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Guyot Cons-Guyot, Charles A-2 | 12-159-00340 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Pure Oil Company |
| Guynot, George 1 | 12-159-00530 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | John B. Murvin |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.