API 12-055-00436Plugged & abandonedInjection well
Benton Flood Unit 160-W
Injection well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Shell Oil
Spud date
—
Drilling began
Completion
May 1, 1959
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,162 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00436
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: Undesignated Injection Well, Plugged)
- Type
- Injection(INJP)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.97852, -88.93442
- State record #
- 120550043601
Operator
- Wells operated
- 4,222
- Active
- 139
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, NY, OK, PA, UT, WY
- As filed
- Shell Oil Company
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| Pyle 1 | 12-199-24000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | DeMier Oil Company |
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| Old Ben Fifteen 1 | 12-199-23469 | Active | Gas | Hite Operating, Inc. |
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| Old Ben Coal M8-4 | 12-199-23961 | Active | Gas | DeMier Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.