API 12-159-03372OrphanedOil well
Boley-Gayer Comm. 1
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Great Southwest Oil&gas
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 23, 1982
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,280 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-03372
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.66880, -87.99983
- State record #
- 121590337201
Operator
- Wells operated
- 9
- Active
- 4
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Great Southwest Oil&Gas
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopper, Arthur 1 | 12-047-00986 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Runyon, Floyd L. |
| Pixley etal Unit 1 | 12-185-05104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Oil Company |
| Marx 1 | 12-185-01475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Fite Walter 1 | 12-185-01329 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Puritan Drilling Company |
| Krumm K 2 | 12-185-27071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Friend Energy Corp. |
| Jones Bob 3 | 12-185-26846 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beard, Francis L. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.