Oil & gas wells in Saline County, IL
2,348 catalogued wells in Saline County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Saline County, Illinois has 2,348 catalogued oil & gas wells: 250 active (11%), 1,760 plugged & abandoned (75%) and 105 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,348
Active
250
Plugged
1,760
Documented orphans
105
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Saline County?
11% of Saline County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 75% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 8 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 105 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 225 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Saline County?
By product class, 717 of the county's wells (31%) are oil wells, 251 (11%) gas wells and 241 (10%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Saline County well is 7,900 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 Saline County compare with other Illinois counties?
Saline County has the 21st-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 10th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Saline County?
552 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Saline County. 99% 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 Saline County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 12-135-03492 | 12-135-03492 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Hale W J 1 | 12-165-00112 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Cheek Henry | 12-165-00159 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Oliver 1 | 12-165-00173 | Other status | Other type | Lawrenceville Oil |
| Berry 1 | 12-165-00197 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| W H Clark 1 | 12-165-00213 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cottage Oil |
| Murphy 1 | 12-165-00364 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Egypt Oil & Gas |
| Puckett 1 | 12-165-00377 | Other status | Other type | Wheatley Etal |
| Royse Jas S 1 | 12-165-00479 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Bynum J H | 12-165-00481 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Mick Heirs Etal 1 | 12-165-00482 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ellis & Young |
| Smith 1 | 12-165-00483 | Active | Oil | Rodger, Rumsey & Barnes |
| Warren, W. O. 2 | 12-165-00484 | Other status | Other type | Saline County Oil |
| Mick, D. 1 | 12-165-00496 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Herrick 1 | 12-165-00497 | Other status | Other type | Harrisburg Oil & Gas |
| Herrick 1 | 12-165-00498 | Other status | Other type | Saline Oil & Gas |
| Lockwood 1 | 12-165-00499 | Other status | Other type | Harrisburg Oil & Gas |
| Garner, Clifton 1 | 12-165-00549 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heath, B. M. etal |
| Overton 2 | 12-165-00670 | Active | Gas | Overton Oil & Gas |
| Nyberg 1 | 12-165-00675 | Other status | Other type | Harrisburg Oil & Gas |
| Isaacs 1 | 12-165-00677 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Egypt Oil & Gas |
| Well API 12-165-00752 | 12-165-00752 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Gersbacher 1 | 12-165-00760 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ellis Etal |
| Beagle 1 | 12-165-00765 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bolton, Etal |
| Lockwood 1 | 12-165-00830 | Other status | Other type | Harrisburg Oil & Gas |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,348 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 Saline County, IL?
Saline County, Illinois has 2,348 catalogued oil & gas wells: 250 active, 1,760 plugged and 105 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Saline County?
105 wells in Saline County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Saline County are plugged?
1,760 of Saline County's 2,348 catalogued wells (75%) 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); Saline County ranks 21st with 2,348.
How many companies operate wells in Saline County?
552 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Saline 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 Saline County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/saline (data as of October 10, 2026).