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API 12-055-00400Plugged & abandonedInjection well

Orient (Benton Flood Unit 179-W) 4

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

Spud date

Drilling began

Completion

Nov 28, 1949

Plug date

Total depth

2,138 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-055-00400
Status
Plugged & abandoned(state code: Water Injection Well, Plugged)
Type
Injection(INJWP)
County
Franklin
Coordinates
37.98224, -88.93673
State record #
120550040001

Operator

Shell Oil

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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Zeigler Coal 112-055-01330Plugged & abandonedOther typeCalvert Drilling, Inc.
Illinois Minerals 35-112-055-25129Plugged & abandonedOther typeStewart Producers, Inc.
Brown-York 112-055-23773Plugged & abandonedOther typeBrown Petroleum, Inc.

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