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API 12-165-25280OrphanedOther type well

Melton 1

Other type well in Saline County, Illinois · operated by Goldwing Oil & Gas

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 9, 1984

Plug date

Total depth

2,980 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-165-25280
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Other type(TA)
County
Saline
Coordinates
37.81730, -88.39374
State record #
121652528000

Operator

Goldwing Oil & Gas

Wells operated
2
Active
0
States
IL

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
N Church 112-165-02572Plugged & abandonedOther typeGrant, N. L.
Karsch, Margaret 112-165-24654Plugged & abandonedOther typeDunnill, John E.
A Berkel 112-165-02559Plugged & abandonedOther typeGrady Donald S
South Ill Stone 412-059-03329Other statusOther typeCrocker Drlg
Taylor 612-165-03337Other statusOther typeAlco Oil & Gas Corp.
Patton Robert D 112-059-24196Plugged & abandonedOther typeFulkerson, Leland

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.