API 12-055-23486OrphanedOil well
Old Ben Coal-Odum 7-G
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Great Plains Resources
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
Sep 22, 1984
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,700 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-23486
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.00987, -88.94427
- State record #
- 120552348600
Operator
- Wells operated
- 83
- Active
- 32
- States
- IL, KS, MT
- As filed
- Great Plains Resources, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obc 1-L | 12-055-23803 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Great Plains Resources, Inc. |
| Brown, Carl Est. 2 | 12-055-00839 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| Zeigler Coal & Coke 2 | 12-055-02221 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| D. H. 42 | 12-055-24853 | Other status | Other type | Old Ben Coal Co. |
| Horn-Diamond 3 | 12-055-00857 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Thompson B T 1-A | 12-055-01863 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Simpson B T |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.