API 12-173-01269OrphanedOil well
Hoskins 16
Oil well in Shelby County, Illinois · operated by Richardson Mh
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
Nov 1, 1961
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,767 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-173-01269
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Shelby
- Coordinates
- 39.30244, -88.75602
- State record #
- 121730126900
Operator
- Wells operated
- 310
- Active
- 27
- States
- IL, KY, MI
- As filed
- Richardson, M. H.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means, J. 1 | 12-049-00528 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kuykendall, W. R. & Dena |
| Wills, Joe 1 | 12-051-24893 | Active | Oil | Time Oil Inc. |
| Dunaway 1 | 12-051-24939 | Active | Oil | P & M Oil, Inc. |
| Ryan 3 | 12-049-22724 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tri-Star Producing, Inc. |
| Jenner 2 | 12-049-22715 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tri-Star Producing, Inc. |
| Lancaster, Roy 2 | 12-049-01095 | Active | Oil | Carroll, Dell |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.