API 12-055-23714OrphanedOil well
Old Ben Coal-Escue 8-H
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
Jun 19, 1987
Plug date
—
Total depth
2,719 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-23714
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.02231, -88.93729
- State record #
- 120552371400
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Hrs 3 | 12-055-01965 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lampley, William E. |
| Tomlinson 1 | 12-055-25165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Darnell, Jeff |
| Hill, Zoah 2 | 12-055-02050 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | S & M Oil Co. |
| Old Ben Coal-Tomlinson 2-K | 12-055-23844 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Great Plains Resources, Inc. |
| Old Ben Coal 2-K | 12-055-23792 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Great Plains Resources, Inc. |
| Splint 1 | 12-055-23871 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R. |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.