API 12-055-23783OrphanedOther type well
Old Ben-Mason 1
Other type well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Schucker Explor
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
Oct 25, 1988
Plug date
—
Total depth
3,183 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-23783
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Other type(DA)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 37.87822, -88.90590
- State record #
- 120552378300
Operator
- Wells operated
- 9
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Schucker Explor., Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Minerals-Henderson Heirs 1 | 12-199-02359 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | MIDCO Investments |
| Henderson 1 | 12-199-02399 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Budmark Oil Co., Inc. |
| Rankin-Raber 1 | 12-199-02497 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | C.I.P.S. |
| Hill Wm P 1 | 12-199-01024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blalack, Joe |
| W. Henderson Community 1 | 12-199-02577 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Ackman 1 | 12-199-02007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fowley, Anna Myrle |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.