API 12-165-24166OrphanedOil well
Murphy 2
Oil well in Saline County, Illinois · operated by Hanson 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
Oct 18, 1980
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,008 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-165-24166
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Saline
- Coordinates
- 37.80437, -88.59315
- State record #
- 121652416601
Operator
- Wells operated
- 174
- Active
- 6
- States
- IL, KY, ND, UT
- As filed
- Hanson Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hathaway 1 | 12-165-26930 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bi-Petro, Inc. |
| Hathaway 2 | 12-165-26931 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bi-Petro, Inc. |
| Gersbacher, Ella 2 | 12-165-03842 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shawnee Petro. Assoc. |
| Gershbacher, Ella 1 | 12-165-03706 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shawnee Petroleum Association, Inc. |
| McFarland, J. B. 1 | 12-165-02647 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pledger, Roy |
| Fox | 12-165-26848 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.