API 12-167-25526OrphanedOil well
Thornton-Richardson 3
Oil well in Sangamon County, Illinois · operated by Dwight Beckham 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
Apr 5, 1995
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,779 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-167-25526
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Sangamon
- Coordinates
- 39.78380, -89.40942
- State record #
- 121672552600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 17
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Dwight Beckham Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garvey, Robert 1 | 12-021-01422 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Valter, Arnold |
| Heater, Earl 1-A | 12-021-00877 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rocke, J. E. |
| Peters, R. M. W-6 | 12-021-00599 | Shut-in | Other type | H & R Oil Properties, Inc. |
| Driskell 4 | 12-021-01427 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Valter, Arnold |
| Herndon, Gray 1 | 12-021-01428 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Valter, Arnold |
| Grieve, Harold 1 | 12-021-02611 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | John Carey Oil. Co., Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.