API 12-055-00700OrphanedInjection well
Benton Flood Unit 228-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
Dec 1, 1964
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,096 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-00700
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Injection(INJ)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.98730, -88.95395
- State record #
- 120550070001
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins 1 | 12-055-00336 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daly George D |
| Old Ben Coal 1-F | 12-055-00337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adkins, E. S. |
| Obc M25-1 | 12-055-24907 | Orphaned | Gas | DTE Methane Resources, L.L.C. |
| Obc M8-6 | 12-055-24677 | Active | Gas | DeMier Oil Company |
| McClement-Boner 6-A | 12-055-01655 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McClement & Killion |
| Darnell 1 | 12-055-24038 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Darnell, Mike |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.