Fayette County, IL oil and gas wells
7,850 wells: 0 active, 3,144 plugged, run by 774 operators.
Figures from the Illinois State Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-17.
Top operators in Fayette
| Operator | Active | Wells here |
|---|---|---|
| Exxon Corporation | 0 | 1,229 |
| Carter Oil Co., The | 0 | 1,170 |
| Petco Petroleum Corp. | 0 | 721 |
| Carter Oil Co. | 0 | 526 |
| Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America | 0 | 263 |
| Belden, W. L. | 0 | 190 |
| Humbolt Oil, Inc. | 0 | 140 |
| Jarvis Brothers & Marcell, Inc. | 0 | 115 |
| Magnolia Petroleum Company | 0 | 111 |
| Texas Company, The | 0 | 89 |
| Granholm & Assoc. | 0 | 88 |
| Humble Oil & Refining Company | 0 | 86 |
| Shell Oil Company | 0 | 84 |
| Belden, W. L. Trust | 0 | 78 |
| Extex, Inc. | 0 | 74 |
| The Texas Company | 0 | 54 |
| P & M Oil, Inc. | 0 | 52 |
| Texaco, Inc. | 0 | 51 |
| Ohio Oil Company | 0 | 47 |
| owner | 0 | 45 |
| Bi-Petro, Inc. | 0 | 43 |
| Sherman, H. J. etal | 0 | 42 |
| Texas Co., The | 0 | 42 |
| Hoss, L. B. Trust | 0 | 41 |
| Luttrell, Homer | 0 | 39 |
Wells
Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned
| Well | API / ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes 2 | 12-051-02783 | Plugged | Oil | Lowry Bros Etal |
| Barnes Comm. 2 | 12-051-25964 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Barnes Community 1 | 12-051-25923 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Barnes Community 3 | 12-051-25965 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Barnes Community 4 | 12-051-25966 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Barnes Community 5 | 12-051-26264 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Barnes, A. C. 1 | 12-051-00768 | Plugged | Dry hole | Demayo Oil Co |
| Barnes, A. C. 1 | 12-051-01750 | Plugged | Disposal | Lowry |
| Barnes, A. C. 2 | 12-051-02782 | Plugged | Oil | Dorn Forest D |
| Barnick 1 | 12-051-04325 | Plugged | Dry hole | Wilson Etal |
| Barnick 2 | 12-051-04326 | Plugged | Dry hole | Wilson Etal |
| Barnick 2 | 12-051-25883-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | R. L. R. Development Corp. |
| Barnick 2 | 12-051-25883-0200 | Plugged | Disposal | R. L. R. Development Corp. |
| Barnick 2-A | 12-051-26143 | Plugged | Oil | R. L. R. Development Corp. |
| Barnick & Beldon etal 1 | 12-051-25883 | Plugged | Dry hole | French, Don |
| Barnick Community 1 | 12-051-25884-0100 | Plugged | Oil | R. L. R. Development Corp. |
| Bartimus, D. R. 1 | 12-051-02952 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lesh, D. B. Drilling |
| Bartimus, Thurman 1 | 12-051-01976 | Plugged | Other | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Bartimus, Walter 1 | 12-051-00220 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Bartimus, Walter 1 | 12-051-00220-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Bartimus, Walter 1 | 12-051-00220-0200 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Bartimus, Walter 1 | 12-051-00220-0300 | Status not reported | Oil | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Bartimus, Walter 14-11W | 12-051-01861 | Status not reported | Injection | Humble Oil & Refining Company |
| Bartimus, Walter 14-11W | 12-051-01861-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Exxon Corporation |
| Bartimus, Walter 2 | 12-051-03155 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Bartimus, Walter 2 | 12-051-03155-0100 | Permitted | Unknown | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Bartimus, Walter 3 | 12-051-25990 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Bartlett, Verne 1 | 12-051-00175 | Plugged | Dry hole | Continental Oil Company |
| Barton, Geo. 1 | 12-051-00943 | Plugged | Dry hole | Waggoner Leland |
| Bates 1 | 12-051-00814 | Plugged | Dry hole | American Seismograph |
| Bauer 1 | 12-051-26063 | Plugged | Oil | Quest Petroleum Co. |
| Bauer, Arthur 1 | 12-051-01139 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kaufman, E. H. |
| Bauer, Earl | 12-051-28015 | Status not reported | Other | IL State Geological Survey |
| Bauer, George 23-5W-T | 12-051-01525 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co. |
| Bauer, George 23- 5W-T | 12-051-01525-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer, George 1 | 12-051-03413 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer, George 2 | 12-051-03414 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Bauer, George 23-5W | 12-051-03415 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Bauer, George 23- 5W | 12-051-03415-0100 | Status not reported | Unknown | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer, George 3 | 12-051-26046 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer, George 4 | 12-051-28491 | Status not reported | Oil | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Bauer-Smith 23-3W | 12-051-00247 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Bauer-Smith 23- 3W | 12-051-00247-0100 | Status not reported | Unknown | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer-Smith 1 | 12-051-03416 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer-Smith 2 | 12-051-03417 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Bauer-Smith 23-3W-T | 12-051-03418 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Bauer-Smith 23-3W-T | 12-051-03418-0100 | Plugged | Unknown | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer-Smith 3 | 12-051-26122 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Bauer-Smith 4 | 12-051-28490 | Status not reported | Oil | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Bauman-Weaver Comm. 1 | 12-051-01295 | Plugged | Dry hole | Doran Thomas A |
| Beathery, O. 16 | 12-051-02161-0200 | Permitted | Unknown | Extex, Inc. |
| Beck 1 | 12-051-01901 | Plugged | Dry hole | Baughman & Osborn |
| Beck 1 | 12-051-24979 | Status not reported | Oil | Safari Oil Co. |
| Beck Estate 1 | 12-051-03988 | Plugged | Dry hole | Carroll, Dell |
| Beck, Bert 1 | 12-051-01330 | Plugged | Dry hole | Doran, Paul |
| Beck, Harold 3-D | 12-051-01523 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, Harold 3-D | 12-051-01523-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Beck, Harold 3-D | 12-051-01523-0200 | Status not reported | Injection | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Beck, Harold 1 | 12-051-03287 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, Harold 2 | 12-051-03288 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, Harold 28-2 | 12-051-03289-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co. |
| Beck, Harold 28-2W | 12-051-03289-0200 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co. |
| Beck, Harold 28-2W | 12-051-03289-0300 | Status not reported | Unknown | Exxon Corporation |
| Beck, Harold 1-SWD | 12-051-03289-0400 | Status not reported | Injection | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Beck, Harold G-4 | 12-051-03290 | Status not reported | Gas | Carter Oil Co. |
| Beck, Harold 4-WSW | 12-051-03290-0200 | Status not reported | Water supply | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Beck, Harold 5 | 12-051-25834 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Beck, Harold 6 | 12-051-27347 | Status not reported | Oil | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Beck, J. C. 3-WT | 12-051-01910 | Status not reported | Injection | Humbolt Oil, Inc. |
| Beck, J. C. 1 | 12-051-03201 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, J. C. 2 (#2-W) | 12-051-03202 | Plugged | Unknown | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, J. C. 3 (#3-W) | 12-051-03203 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, J. C. 4 | 12-051-03204 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, J.C. 3-WT | 12-051-01910-0100 | Status not reported | Unknown | Exxon Corporation |
| Beck, J.C. 1 | 12-051-03201-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, J.C. G-1 | 12-051-03201-0200 | Status not reported | Oil | Humble Oil & Refining Company |
| Beck, J.C. 2-W | 12-051-03202-0100 | Status not reported | Unknown | Exxon Corporation |
| Beck, L. F. 1 | 12-051-03291 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, L. F. 2 | 12-051-03292 | Plugged | Unknown | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, L. F. 3-D | 12-051-03293 | Status not reported | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck, L. F. 4 | 12-051-25601 | Status not reported | Oil | Exxon Corporation |
| Beck, L. F. 5 | 12-051-28693 | Status not reported | Oil | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Beck, L. F. 6 | 12-051-29043 | Status not reported | Unknown | Petco Petroleum Corp. |
| Beck, L.D. 3-D | 12-051-03293-0200 | Status not reported | Injection | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Beck, L.F. 3-D | 12-051-03293-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Beck-Dial 1 | 12-051-01543 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck-Dial 2-2W | 12-051-02455 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck-Dial 2-2W | 12-051-02455-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck-Dial 2-2W | 12-051-02455-0200 | Status not reported | Injection | Humble Oil & Refining Company |
| Beck-Dial 2 | 12-051-03973 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck-Dial 35-7 | 12-051-03974 | Plugged | Oil | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Beck-Lilly 1 | 12-051-28339 | Status not reported | Oil | P & M Oil, Inc. |
| Beiber 1 | 12-051-03261 | Plugged | Dry hole | Reynolds J W |
| Belcher 1 | 12-051-01390 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gentles, Albert |
| Belcher, Clifford 1 | 12-051-01279 | Plugged | Dry hole | Todhunter, Paul D. |
| Belcher, Clifford 1 | 12-051-01279-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Todhunter, Paul D. |
| Belcher, Clifford 2 | 12-051-01329 | Plugged | Dry hole | Todhunter Paul D |
| Belden 1 | 12-051-25794 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W.L. |
| Belden 2 | 12-051-25795 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. Trust |
| Belden 9-W | 12-051-25875 | Status not reported | Disposal | Belden, W. L. Trust |