API 12-065-03045OrphanedOil well
Wheeler A 2
Oil well in Hamilton County, Illinois · operated by Texas Company The
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 1, 1943
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,448 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-065-03045
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 37.99567, -88.48135
- State record #
- 120650304500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,032
- Active
- 125
- States
- IL, MT
- As filed
- Texas Company, The
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers 1 | 12-059-01749 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Turner, J. D. |
| Woolcott, H.C. 1 | 12-059-00384 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Gobin 1 | 12-165-25259 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Keating Oil Co. |
| Downey 1 | 12-165-25200 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Keating Oil Co. |
| Endicott 1 | 12-165-25253 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keating Oil Co. |
| Jones, E.J. 1 | 12-165-02527 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Felmont Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.