API 12-055-00474OrphanedInjection well
C W & F Coal EW-1
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
2,164 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00474
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Injection(INJ)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.96521, -88.94814
- State record #
- 120550047401
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 B-2 | 12-199-01943 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rehn, E. E. |
| Old Ben Coal 3 | 12-199-23934 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
| Browning 1 | 12-199-01221 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeman United Coal Mining Co. |
| Crown Trust 2 | 12-199-02583 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Morris 1 | 12-199-02126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kuzmich, R. W. |
| Ziegler Coal & Coke Company 1-A | 12-199-02101 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rehn, E. E. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.