API 12-055-00520OrphanedOther type well
Benton Flood Unit 50-W
Other type 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
2,173 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00520
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Other type(OBS)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.96245, -88.94588
- State record #
- 120550052002
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Trust 1 | 12-199-02539 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Strickland-Clayton 1-A | 12-199-02004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strickland, Frank L. |
| Crown Trust 1 | 12-199-02568 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Felts-Grant Comm. 1 | 12-199-02468 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bufay Oil Company |
| Brehm-Harris 1-F | 12-199-22636 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Madison A-1 | 12-199-01207 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.