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API 12-055-00426OrphanedInjection well

Benton Flood Unit 83-W

Injection 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.

Spud date

Drilling began

Completion

Nov 28, 1949

Plug date

Total depth

2,149 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-055-00426
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Injection(INJ)
County
Franklin
Coordinates
37.96797, -88.94578
State record #
120550042601

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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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Old Ben Coal 1-D12-199-01036Plugged & abandonedOther typeAdkins, E. S.
Oeth 212-199-02458Plugged & abandonedOther typeC. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod.
Oeth Etal 112-199-02403Plugged & abandonedOther typeC. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod.
Brehm-Northern Trust Co. 1-E12-199-22615Plugged & abandonedOther typeC. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod.
Freeman Coal 212-199-02075Plugged & abandonedOther typeRehn, E. E.
Rehn-Hudson 4-H12-199-02365Plugged & abandonedOther typeDull, Joe A.

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