API 12-055-00450OrphanedInjection well
Benton Flood Unit 3
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
2,166 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00450
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Injection(INJ)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.97670, -88.92999
- State record #
- 120550045001
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay-Clayton "0" 1 | 12-199-02462 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Madison 1 | 12-199-02453 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
| Obc M-8-7 | 12-199-24117 | Active | Gas | DTE Methane Resources, L.L.C. |
| Old Ben 1-B | 12-199-01942 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rehn, E. E. |
| Madison Coal 7 | 12-199-02461 | Active | Injection | Budmark Oil Co., Inc. |
| Madison Coal Co. 2 | 12-199-02383 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.