API 12-159-24759OrphanedOil well
Scherer D 1
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by Hagen F Lowell
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 10, 1986
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,248 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-24759
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.58112, -88.14530
- State record #
- 121592475900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 57
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Hagen, F. Lowell
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longbons, Mary 2 | 12-047-22707 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Terrell, William |
| Yokel 1-WS | 12-047-24207 | Orphaned | Other type | Midnight Oil, Inc. |
| Gumbrell-Wade Unit 1 | 12-047-23107 | Orphaned | Oil | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| Yokel Bros 6 | 12-047-23489 | Orphaned | Oil | Greenline Oil Co. |
| Yokel Bros 4 | 12-047-23396 | Orphaned | Oil | Greenline Oil Co. |
| Kelsey-Reid Unit 1 | 12-047-22825 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.