API 12-169-20698OrphanedOil well
Morrell 8
Oil well in Schuyler County, Illinois · operated by Texas Gas & 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
Jun 27, 1983
Plug date
—
Total depth
500 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-169-20698
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OILGS)
- County
- Schuyler
- Coordinates
- 40.23387, -90.76726
- State record #
- 121692069800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 61
- Active
- 4
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Texas Gas & Oil Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn #1 1 | 12-169-20892 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | E.L. Whitmer Inc. |
| Morrell 2 | 12-169-21122 | Other status | Other type | Dallas Drilling & Production, Inc. |
| Morrell 1 | 12-169-21121 | Other status | Other type | Dallas Drilling & Production, Inc. |
| Morrell, H. 1 | 12-169-21053 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rusco Petroleum, Inc. |
| Cunningham, C. 1 | 12-169-20884 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hagen Oil Company |
| Cunningham, Dwight 1-A | 12-169-00315 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Covington, James R. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.