API 12-165-02197OrphanedOil well
Lemons, William H. 2
Oil well in Saline County, Illinois · operated by Mezo James F 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 13, 1993
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,000 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-165-02197
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Saline
- Coordinates
- 37.85531, -88.51077
- State record #
- 121650219702
Operator
- Wells operated
- 17
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Mezo, James F. Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton-Barter 1 | 12-165-25559 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Meridian Oil |
| Davis 1 | 12-165-24432 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis Jim L |
| Delta Mine 18 | 12-165-26375 | Active | Gas | BPI Energy, Inc. |
| Chicago & Harrisburg 4 | 12-165-23888 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Santoro Oil Company, Inc. |
| White, Issac et al 1 | 12-165-03300 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Andrews, Smith & Haley,Jim Prod.Co. |
| Gray 1 | 12-165-26903 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grayson Hill Farms, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.