API 12-055-23548OrphanedOil well
Taylor 1
Oil well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Greater Mid West 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
Jun 15, 1985
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,990 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-23548
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.12530, -88.84490
- State record #
- 120552354800
Operator
- Wells operated
- 55
- Active
- 15
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Greater Mid-West Oil Co., Inc.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West City Unit 10 | 12-055-24647 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farrar Oil Co., Inc. |
| Old Ben 2-F | 12-055-23130 | Active | Oil | Great Plains Resources, Inc. |
| Burlington-Northern 3 | 12-055-23502 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Milestone Petroleum, Inc. |
| Old Ben Coal - Benton 12-G | 12-055-23576 | Active | Oil | Great Plains Resources, Inc. |
| Tuck - City of Benton 4-F | 12-055-23186 | Orphaned | Oil | Continental Resources of IL |
| Tuck-Old Ben 2-G | 12-055-23335 | Active | Oil | Great Plains Resources, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.