API 12-055-00315OrphanedOil well
Old Ben Coal Corp. 1
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Darnell Jack Etal
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
Spud date
—
Drilling began
Completion
Jun 16, 1942
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,714 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00315
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.07560, -89.00470
- State record #
- 120550031500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 7
- Active
- 0
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Darnell, Jack Etal
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finite Crown B-15 | 12-055-24930 | Active | Oil | Gesell's Pump Sales & Service |
| Rowland, Steve 1 | 12-055-01606 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nation Oil Company, The |
| Benton Flood Unit 11-W | 12-055-00507 | Active | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| Benton Flood Unit 12 | 12-055-00506 | Other status | Other type | Adkins, E. S. |
| Rainbow Land Trust 4 | 12-055-24374 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Finite Resources, Ltd. |
| LaSalle 1 | 12-055-23647 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Meridian Oil |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.