API 12-159-24553OrphanedGas well
Kocher 4
Gas well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Mega Oil
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 24, 1998
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,953 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-24553
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Gas(GAS)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.77545, -87.93585
- State record #
- 121592455301
Operator
- Wells operated
- 78
- Active
- 39
- States
- IL, OH
- As filed
- Mega Oil, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neeley, N. D. 1 | 12-159-25110 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bunn & Bunn Oil Co., Inc. |
| Neeley Norman 1 | 12-159-24409 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taylor S C |
| Leathers S O 3 | 12-159-01816 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | George & Wrather Oil |
| Provines 2 | 12-159-01821 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Boisvert, Ives |
| Totten Elihu 3 | 12-159-01824 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | George & Wrather Oil |
| Bunn S W 1 | 12-159-01798 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sun Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.