Who operates Louden North Unit 7-W?

Louden North Unit 7-W (API 12-051-01225) is operated by Shell Oil Company according to the Illinois regulator's registry.

Is Louden North Unit 7-W plugged or still active?

Louden North Unit 7-W is plugged and abandoned.

Louden North Unit 7-W is in Fayette County, Illinois at 39.04058, -88.88311.

API 12-051-01225Plugged & abandonedInjection well

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

Spud date

—

Drilling began

Completion

Jun 1, 1956

Plug date

—

Total depth

1,540 ft

As published by the state

API #: 12-051-01225
Status: Plugged & abandoned(state code: Undesignated Injection Well, Plugged)
Type: Injection(INJP)
County: Fayette
Coordinates: 39.04058, -88.88311
State record #: 120510122500

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

◆ Loading map…

documentedproducingidlesealed

This entry + 8 nearby

Claim your operator profile to keep well records accurate — verified operators can correct statuses and add plugging documentation.

Well	API #	Status	Type	Operator
Smail, William 24	12-051-26764	Active	Oil	Marathon Oil Company
Smail, Wm. 25	12-051-27511	Orphaned	Oil	Plains Illinois, Inc.
Kistler 4	12-051-00100	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Youngblood & Doran
Swarm, Jeremiah 21	12-051-26746	Active	Oil	Marathon Oil Company
Kistler Unit/Schwarm, S.W. & A.E. 21	12-051-28063	Orphaned	Oil	Plains Illinois, Inc.
Kistler Unit 16	12-051-26779	Active	Oil	Marathon Oil Company

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