Oil & gas wells in Greene County, IL
137 catalogued wells in Greene County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Greene County, Illinois has 137 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 96 plugged & abandoned (70%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 76th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
137
Active
0
Plugged
96
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Greene County?
0% of Greene County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 70% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 32 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Greene County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (0.7%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 2 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Greene County well is 2,510 ft, against 29,864 ft for Illinois as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Greene County compare with other Illinois counties?
Greene County has the 76th-most catalogued wells of the 98 Illinois counties with at least 25. The median Illinois county on WellCensus has 525 wells. The largest, Crawford County, has 22,961. By documented orphans it ranks 39th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Greene County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Greene County. 98% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Greene County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins, J. S. | 12-061-00002 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Johnson, F. A. 1 | 12-061-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson F A Etal |
| Burruss, Geo | 12-061-00045 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Proctor E G | 12-061-00047 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Pope, Jacob G. | 12-061-00048 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Proctor, Dr. J. E. | 12-061-00050 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Allen Tom | 12-061-00083 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Goacher Everett |
| McVey 1 | 12-061-00086 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scroggin A M |
| Waller, John L. 1 | 12-061-00121 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson, F. A. etal |
| C & A RR Co | 12-061-00122 | Other status | Other type | Geiger, S. B. & Son |
| Hallock 1 | 12-061-00131 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, John S. |
| Cummingham Well 1 | 12-061-00132 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beck, Ralph O. |
| Gerson 1 | 12-061-00162 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Company |
| McQuerry, N. L. 1 | 12-061-00163 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Company |
| Lowenstein, Edwin P. 1 | 12-061-00167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mattix Frank |
| Lowenstein 2 | 12-061-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mattix Frank |
| Hallock 2 | 12-061-00176 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, John S. |
| Tunn 1 | 12-061-00187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kewanee Oil & Gas |
| Tunn 2 | 12-061-00188 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kewanee Oil & Gas |
| Eula 1 | 12-061-00189 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kewanee Oil & Gas |
| Stout 1 | 12-061-00202 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robley Ross |
| Gilmore, William P. et al 1 | 12-061-00203 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Neal A W |
| Well API 12-061-00204 | 12-061-00204 | Other status | Other type | No Company |
| Well API 12-061-00205 | 12-061-00205 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Meng, Charles W. 1 | 12-061-00207 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quick, Boyd W. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 137 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Greene County, IL?
Greene County, Illinois has 137 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 96 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Greene County?
7 wells in Greene County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 39th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Greene County are plugged?
96 of Greene County's 137 catalogued wells (70%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 61% across Illinois.
Which Illinois county has the most oil and gas wells?
Crawford County has the most catalogued wells of any Illinois county on WellCensus (22,961); Greene County ranks 76th with 137.
How many companies operate wells in Greene County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Greene County, Illinois.
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About this data
Source: Illinois State Geological Survey well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Greene County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/greene (data as of October 10, 2026).