API 12-159-25870OrphanedOil well
Gayer 1
Oil well in Richland County, Illinois · operated by American Oil Invest
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
Jan 3, 2001
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,185 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-159-25870
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Richland
- Coordinates
- 38.67062, -87.99852
- State record #
- 121592587000
Operator
- Wells operated
- 18
- Active
- 5
- States
- IL
- As filed
- American Oil Invest.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones 2 | 12-185-28795 | Active | Oil | Dee Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Krumm Heirs 1 | 12-185-26977 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J.C.L.T.D. Dev., Inc. |
| Marx 2 | 12-185-01595 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Jones, Bob 2 | 12-185-26566 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beard, Francis L. |
| Jones, Bob 7 | 12-185-27741 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beard, Francis L. |
| Pixley 2 | 12-185-27732 | Active | Oil | Rodgers, Bill |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.