API 12-055-00425OrphanedOil well
Benton Flood Unit 84
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Shell Oil
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.
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Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
2,270 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00425
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.96798, -88.94348
- State record #
- 120550042502
Operator
- 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
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Ben Coal 1-D | 12-199-01036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adkins, E. S. |
| Oeth 2 | 12-199-02458 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Oeth Etal 1 | 12-199-02403 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Brehm-Northern Trust Co. 1-E | 12-199-22615 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Freeman Coal 2 | 12-199-02075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rehn, E. E. |
| Rehn-Hudson 4-H | 12-199-02365 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dull, Joe A. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.