API 12-191-31693OrphanedOil well
Hosselton L E 3-B
Oil well in Wayne County, Illinois · operated by Union Oil Company Of California
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
May 15, 1987
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,900 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-191-31693
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OILGS)
- County
- Wayne
- Coordinates
- 38.58742, -88.32542
- State record #
- 121913169300
Operator
Union Oil Company Of California
- Wells operated
- 3,476
- Active
- 119
- States
- AL, CA, CO, IL, KS, MT, ND, NY
- As filed
- Union Oil Company of California
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton 1 | 12-191-07883 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Burton 4 | 12-191-07976 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Porter D 1 | 12-191-07990 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Republic Oil Company, Inc. |
| Crippen 7 | 12-191-07946 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shulman Bros., Inc. |
| N E Geff Unit: P. Foval 5 | 12-191-04646 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Oil Company of California |
| Denny, Clifton 1 | 12-191-30344 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | S & B Exploration, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.