API 12-055-00375OrphanedOil well
Benton Flood Unit 188
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Gesell S Pump Sales & Service
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
Oct 18, 2000
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,153 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00375
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.98410, -88.93438
- State record #
- 120550037502
Operator
- Wells operated
- 155
- Active
- 92
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Gesell's Pump Sales & Service
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeigler Coal 1 | 12-055-01330 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| Illinois Minerals 35-1 | 12-055-25129 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stewart Producers, Inc. |
| Brown-York 1 | 12-055-23773 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown Petroleum, Inc. |
| Merriman 1-E | 12-055-22694 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| Drone 2 | 12-055-22771 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Dull, Joe A. |
| Renik 3 | 12-055-25326 | Active | Oil | Campbell Energy, LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.