API 12-055-24624OrphanedGas well
Old Ben Coal M24-2
Gas well in Franklin County, Illinois · operated by Demier 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
Aug 5, 2000
Plug date
—
Total depth
655 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-055-24624
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Gas(CMM)
- County
- Franklin
- Coordinates
- 38.00930, -88.94618
- State record #
- 120552462400
Operator
- Wells operated
- 139
- Active
- 31
- States
- IL, OK
- As filed
- DeMier Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cb&q Rr 2 | 12-055-02282 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Burlington Northern 2 | 12-055-23479 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Milestone Petroleum, Inc. |
| Tew - Sinks (Unit) W-2B | 12-055-02105 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Killion & McClement Oil Operators |
| Obc 4l-26-2-1 | 12-055-23817 | Active | Injection | Great Plains Resources, Inc. |
| 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 |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.