Oil & gas wells in Moultrie County, IL
245 catalogued wells in Moultrie County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Moultrie County, Illinois has 245 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active (7%), 181 plugged & abandoned (74%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 59th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
245
Active
16
Plugged
181
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Moultrie County?
7% of Moultrie County's wells are active, 13 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 74% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 46 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Moultrie County?
By product class, 20 of the county's wells (8%) are oil wells, 5 (2%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Moultrie County well is 6,526 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 Moultrie County compare with other Illinois counties?
Moultrie County has the 59th-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 48th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Moultrie County?
98 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Moultrie County. 95% 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 Moultrie County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller, A 1 | 12-139-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| Ekiss 1 | 12-139-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Speake, J. T. Drilling |
| Purvis 1 | 12-139-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil of DE |
| Shuman, Bliss 1 | 12-139-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Neely Ralph Etal |
| Horn, Doy 1 | 12-139-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil Co. of Delaware |
| Beachy, J. L. 1 | 12-139-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| Frey, O K (1) Hole# 10 | 12-139-00019 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Dick, Charles Hole# 11 1 | 12-139-00020 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Dick Charles Hole 12 | 12-139-00021 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Cahill, L Hole# 13,13a,b 1 | 12-139-00022 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Jones W S 15 | 12-139-00023 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Eskeridge, E. Hole# 20 1 | 12-139-00025 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Leachman Hole #21 1 | 12-139-00026 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Landgrebe #1 Hole# 22 | 12-139-00027 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Betts Hole# 24 1 | 12-139-00028 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Lorenson Hole 26 | 12-139-00029 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Smith, J Hole 27 | 12-139-00030 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Dawson Hole 29 | 12-139-00031 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Bicknell Hole 31 | 12-139-00032 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Shields, A A Hole 33 | 12-139-00033 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Dawson, W O Hole 42 | 12-139-00039 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Taylor hole 43 | 12-139-00040 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Mayes Hole 44 | 12-139-00041 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Tohill Hole 46 | 12-139-00042 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Ping Hol 51 | 12-139-00043 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 245 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 Moultrie County, IL?
Moultrie County, Illinois has 245 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active, 181 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Moultrie County?
2 wells in Moultrie County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 48th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Moultrie County are plugged?
181 of Moultrie County's 245 catalogued wells (74%) 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); Moultrie County ranks 59th with 245.
How many companies operate wells in Moultrie County?
98 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Moultrie 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 Moultrie County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/moultrie (data as of October 10, 2026).