API 12-055-00633OrphanedInjection well
Benton Flood Unit 81-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
2,167 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00633
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Injection(INJ)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.96717, -88.95055
- State record #
- 120550063301
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biehl, Herman Community 1 | 12-199-01424 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tioga Oil |
| Zeigler "A" 1 | 12-199-01887 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| ISGS Boring 15 | 12-199-24040 | Other status | Other type | Isgs |
| Stewart-Hamilton 4-1 | 12-199-24160 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stewart Producers, Inc. |
| 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. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.