Who operates Louden N. Unit Wtrfld. 40-W?

Louden N. Unit Wtrfld. 40-W (API 12-051-01232) is operated by Shell Oil Company according to the Illinois regulator's registry.

Is Louden N. Unit Wtrfld. 40-W plugged or still active?

Louden N. Unit Wtrfld. 40-W is plugged and abandoned.

Louden N. Unit Wtrfld. 40-W is in Fayette County, Illinois at 39.03332, -88.88506.

API 12-051-01232Plugged & abandonedInjection well

Injection well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Shell Oil

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1,594 ft

As published by the state

API #: 12-051-01232
Status: Plugged & abandoned(state code: Undesignated Injection Well, Plugged)
Type: Injection(INJP)
County: Fayette
Coordinates: 39.03332, -88.88506
State record #: 120510123200

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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Well	API #	Status	Type	Operator
Snodgrass 1	12-051-00698	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Hammer, A. J.
Smith, Bert 11	12-051-02260	Plugged & abandoned	Injection	Sherman, H. J. etal
Seal, Jeannine 3	12-051-26071	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Greater Mid-West Oil Co., Inc.
Williams, C. T. 21	12-051-28389	Active	Oil	PennTex Resources Illinois, Inc.
Williams, C. T. 9	12-051-02124	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Ohio Oil Company
Schwarm, Will D. 1	12-051-01501	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Jax Oil Corp

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.