Effingham County, IL oil and gas wells
2,124 wells: 0 active, 1,528 plugged, run by 583 operators.
Figures from the Illinois State Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-17.
Top operators in Effingham
Wells
Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned
| Well | API / ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bushue 2-A | 12-049-23002 | Status not reported | Oil | Mason, Leslie |
| Bushue 2-A | 12-049-23002-0100 | Plugged | Disposal | Mason, Leslie |
| Bushue 1 | 12-049-23031 | Plugged | Dry hole | Orion Petro Corp. |
| Bushue 1 | 12-049-23114 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Bushue 1 | 12-049-23128 | Plugged | Dry hole | Southern Drlg., Inc. |
| Bushue 1 | 12-049-24786 | Plugged | Dry hole | Maverick Oil, L.L.C. |
| Bushue 1-A | 12-049-24794 | Plugged | Dry hole | Maverick Oil, L.L.C. |
| Bushue 2 | 12-049-24849 | Plugged | Dry hole | Maverick Oil, L.L.C. |
| Bushue 2 | 12-049-25105 | Status not reported | Oil | Faithful Oil, LLC |
| Bushue 3 | 12-049-25126 | Plugged | Dry hole | Faithful Oil, LLC |
| Bushue Corporation 1 | 12-049-25071 | Plugged | Dry hole | Penn Energy Corp. |
| Bushue, C. 1 | 12-049-22613 | Plugged | Dry hole | Mason, Leslie |
| Bushue, Clifford 1 | 12-049-22613-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | Britton, Shelby A. & Sylvia |
| Bushue, Glenn 1 | 12-049-00397 | Plugged | Dry hole | Partlow & Cochonour |
| Bushue, Harriet E. 1 | 12-049-00447 | Plugged | Dry hole | Bell Brothers |
| Bushue, R. 1 | 12-049-24317 | Plugged | Dry hole | McKinney Oil Producer, Inc. |
| Bushue, W. F. 1 | 12-049-00446 | Plugged | Oil | Williams J H Etal |
| Bushur, Earl 1 | 12-049-25107 | Plugged | Dry hole | Hudson, Larry A. |
| Buzzard, Julian 1 | 12-049-00038 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Buzzard, Ted 1 | 12-049-00525 | Plugged | Oil | Reeves, E. C. |
| Buzzard, Ted 1 | 12-049-00525-0100 | Permitted | Unknown | Reeves, E. C. |
| Buzzard, Vance 1 | 12-049-23055 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ordner, James J. |
| Byers 2 | 12-049-00560-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lang, Thomas L. |
| Byers 1 | 12-049-01438 | Status not reported | Oil | Logue, Thomas J. |
| Byers 1 | 12-049-01469 | Plugged | Oil | Lang, Thomas L. |
| Byers 3 | 12-049-01519 | Status not reported | Oil | Lang, Thomas L. |
| Byers 3 | 12-049-01519-0100 | Plugged | Disposal | Lang, Thomas L. |
| Byers 4 | 12-049-01520 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lang, Thomas L. |
| Byers, Adrian 1 | 12-049-00300 | Plugged | Oil | Jarvis, Vernon D. |
| Byers, Adrian 1 | 12-049-00725 | Plugged | Dry hole | C. J. Simpson Drilling Company |
| Cameron 1 | 12-049-25164 | Plugged | Dry hole | MDM Energy, Inc. |
| Campbell 1 | 12-049-00690 | Plugged | Dry hole | McDevitt, G. J. |
| Campbell, R. D. 1 | 12-049-00208 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gibson, A. H. |
| Carlen 1 | 12-049-22714-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | Barnett, Donald E. |
| Carlen 2 | 12-049-23043 | Plugged | Oil | Barnett, Donald E. |
| Carlen 3 | 12-049-23044 | Plugged | Oil | Barnett, Donald E. |
| Carlen, W. 1 | 12-049-22714 | Plugged | Oil | Niemeyer, M. L. |
| Carlen, Walter 5 | 12-049-23170 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ogoco, Inc. |
| Carlin, Walter 1 | 12-049-22714-0200 | Plugged | Disposal | Barnett, Donald E. |
| Carr 1 | 12-049-00667 | Plugged | Dry hole | Richardson, M. H. |
| Carter 1 | 12-049-00414 | Plugged | Dry hole | Markey, John A. |
| Carter, L. H., Jr. 1 | 12-049-00263 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lesh C. B. Drilling Company |
| Casey 1 | 12-049-00120 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kingwood Oil Co. |
| Cassity 2 | 12-049-00944-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Cassity 2-SWD | 12-049-00944-0200 | Plugged | Disposal | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Cassity 5 | 12-049-00945-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Cassity 5 | 12-049-00945-0200 | Plugged | Disposal | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Cassity 3 | 12-049-00946-0100 | Plugged | Oil | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Cassity 1 | 12-049-01240 | Plugged | Oil | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Cassity 4 | 12-049-01294 | Plugged | Oil | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Cassity, L. H. 6 | 12-049-01394 | Plugged | Oil | Pierce, Francis M. |
| Citizens National Bank of Decatur 1 | 12-049-22570 | Plugged | Dry hole | Booth Oil Company, Inc. |
| Claar, Harry B. 1 | 12-049-00138 | Plugged | Dry hole | Pitts W H |
| Claggett, Bennett 1 | 12-049-00090 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Claggett-Dial Community 1 | 12-049-22726 | Plugged | Oil | Tri-Star Producing, Inc. |
| Claggett-Dial Community 2 | 12-049-22996 | Plugged | Oil | Tri-Star Producing, Inc. |
| Clark 1 | 12-049-00282 | Status not reported | Unknown | Murvin, John B. |
| Clark 1 | 12-049-00282-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Murvin, John B. |
| Clark 1 | 12-049-00282-0200 | Plugged | Dry hole | Murvin, John B. |
| Clark 1 | 12-049-00341 | Plugged | Dry hole | Schwartz, Max |
| Clesson, John W. 1 | 12-049-00499 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jones & Simpson Drlg. |
| Clow 1 | 12-049-22706-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Tri-Star Producing, Inc. |
| Clow, J. G. 1 | 12-049-01093 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kull Oil Co. |
| Clow, T. C. C-1 | 12-049-00502 | Plugged | Dry hole | Smith Oil Assoc |
| Cole, Amy 1 | 12-049-00237 | Plugged | Dry hole | Cartmill, William |
| Colwell Heirs 1-A | 12-049-23968 | Plugged | Dry hole | McKinney Oil Producer, Inc. |
| Colwell, Clara L. 1 | 12-049-01299 | Plugged | Dry hole | Bradley Producing Corporation, The |
| Compton, L. J. 1 | 12-049-00430 | Plugged | Dry hole | Texas Co., The |
| Core Hole 122 | 12-049-01784 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co. |
| Core Hole 206 | 12-049-01785 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 202 | 12-049-01787 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 207 | 12-049-01788 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 208 | 12-049-01789 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co. |
| Core Hole 194 | 12-049-01790 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 195 | 12-049-01791 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 121 | 12-049-01792 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 120 | 12-049-01793 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 200 | 12-049-01794 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 199 | 12-049-01795 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 196 | 12-049-01796 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 198 | 12-049-01797 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 209 | 12-049-01799 | Status not reported | Other | File Lost |
| Core Hole 119 | 12-049-01802 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co. |
| Core Hole 37 | 12-049-01803 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co. |
| Core Hole 8 | 12-049-01804 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co. |
| Core Hole 6 | 12-049-01805 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co. |
| Core Hole 2 | 12-049-01806 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co. |
| Core Hole 34 | 12-049-22366 | Plugged | Other | Pure Oil Company |
| Cotton, Vista 1 | 12-049-00133 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Counts, Carl M. 1 | 12-049-00898-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Cullet, Harry L. |
| Cox 2 | 12-049-01013-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Cox, H. W. 1 | 12-049-00498 | Status not reported | Oil | Doty Ados |
| Cox, H. W. 2 | 12-049-01013 | Status not reported | Oil | Doty, Ados |
| Crawford 1 | 12-049-01168 | Plugged | Dry hole | L L & L Drlg. |
| Crawford 1 | 12-049-01333 | Plugged | Water supply | Merrco Corp. |
| Crawford, Harry 2 | 12-049-01344 | Plugged | Dry hole | Merrco Corp. |
| Cremer 1 | 12-049-00483 | Plugged | Dry hole | Dunbar Drilling Co |
| Culley 1 | 12-049-00433 | Plugged | Dry hole | Doran, Paul |
| Curry, Ida A. 1 | 12-049-00137 | Plugged | Dry hole | Luttrell, Homer |
| Cutler 1 | 12-049-22720 | Plugged | Dry hole | Comanche Oil (now Atlantic Energy) |