Franklin County, IL oil and gas wells
4,186 wells: 0 active, 2,582 plugged, run by 608 operators.
Figures from the Illinois State Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-17.
Top operators in Franklin
Wells
Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned
| Well | API / ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Oak Gaither 2-B | 12-055-01205 | Plugged | Oil | Artnell Company |
| Burr Oak-Gaither 3-B | 12-055-01206 | Plugged | Oil | Artnell Company |
| Burr Oak-Gaither WS-1 | 12-055-02216 | Plugged | Water supply | Farrar Oil Co., Inc. |
| Burr Oak-Manis 1 | 12-055-22768 | Plugged | Oil | Farrar, Fletcher F. |
| Burr Oak-Manis 3 | 12-055-23381 | Plugged | Oil | Farrar Oil Co., Inc. |
| Burton 1 | 12-055-01292 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jones, Bond D. |
| Burton 1 | 12-055-23819 | Status not reported | Oil | Whittington, Paul E. |
| Byford, Pearce 1 | 12-055-23345 | Plugged | Oil | L & M Oil Company |
| C & E I R R 1 | 12-055-01854 | Plugged | Oil | Keystone Oil Company |
| C B & Q 1 | 12-055-01379 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kewanee Oil Company |
| C B & Q 1 | 12-055-02505 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| C B & Q RR 3 | 12-055-02297 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| C P Project 1 | 12-055-02539 | Status not reported | Other | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F 1 | 12-055-01990 | Plugged | Dry hole | Carter, James E. |
| C W & F COAL RS-9 | 12-055-00517-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F COAL 1 | 12-055-01462 | Plugged | Dry hole | Pure Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 3-E | 12-055-00241 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 1 | 12-055-00375 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 2 | 12-055-00376 | Plugged | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 7 | 12-055-00381 | Plugged | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 1 | 12-055-00384 | Plugged | Oil | Wegener, Mary |
| C W & F Coal 3 | 12-055-00386 | Plugged | Oil | Wegener, H. H. |
| C W & F Coal R-1 | 12-055-00388 | Plugged | Oil | Wegener, H. H. |
| C W & F Coal 6 | 12-055-00414 | Plugged | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 6 | 12-055-00414-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 7 | 12-055-00415 | Plugged | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 8 | 12-055-00416 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 13 | 12-055-00421 | Plugged | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 2Sm | 12-055-00425 | Status not reported | Oil | Wegener, H. H. |
| C W & F Coal SM-3 | 12-055-00426 | Status not reported | Oil | Wegener, H. H. |
| C W & F Coal Sm-4 | 12-055-00427 | Status not reported | Oil | Wegener, H. H. |
| C W & F Coal EW-1 | 12-055-00474 | Status not reported | Oil | Wagener H H |
| C W & F Coal EW-1 | 12-055-00474-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal Ew-2 | 12-055-00475 | Plugged | Oil | Wagener H H |
| C W & F Coal Ew-3 | 12-055-00476 | Status not reported | Oil | Wagener H H |
| C W & F Coal 1-A | 12-055-00497 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal W-4 | 12-055-00501 | Plugged | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal W-5 | 12-055-00502 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal W-6 | 12-055-00503 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal W-7 | 12-055-00504 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal W-10 | 12-055-00507 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal RS-1 | 12-055-00509 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-2 | 12-055-00510 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-3 | 12-055-00511 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-4 | 12-055-00512 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-6 | 12-055-00514 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-7 | 12-055-00515 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-8 | 12-055-00516 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-9 | 12-055-00517 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-10 | 12-055-00518 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-13 | 12-055-00521 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal RS-16 | 12-055-00524 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal T-1 | 12-055-00525 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal T-3 | 12-055-00527 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal T-4 | 12-055-00528 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 1 | 12-055-00596 | Plugged | Dry hole | Wegener, H. H. |
| C W & F Coal 4M | 12-055-00605 | Plugged | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal Ew-4 | 12-055-00633 | Status not reported | Oil | Wagener H H |
| C W & F Coal 2-E | 12-055-00637 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 5-E | 12-055-00650 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 11 | 12-055-00652 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 1-K | 12-055-00725 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 2 | 12-055-01246 | Plugged | Dry hole | New Illinois Midcontinent |
| C W & F Coal 17 | 12-055-01537 | Plugged | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 18 | 12-055-01549 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 9 | 12-055-01562 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 15 | 12-055-01588 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 5 | 12-055-01589 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 5 | 12-055-01591 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 14 | 12-055-01650 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal 12 | 12-055-01782 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal E-1 | 12-055-01792 | Plugged | Dry hole | Adkins, E. S. |
| C W & F Coal 1 | 12-055-01915 | Plugged | Unknown | Rehn, E. E. |
| C W & F Coal 1 | 12-055-01971 | Plugged | Dry hole | Moore Howard |
| C W & F Coal 1-C | 12-055-02029 | Plugged | Dry hole | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| C W & F Coal 1-E | 12-055-02031 | Status not reported | Oil | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| C W & F Coal 1 | 12-055-02035 | Plugged | Unknown | IL Lease Operating |
| C W & F Coal 2-E | 12-055-02039 | Plugged | Dry hole | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| C W & F Coal 1 | 12-055-02457 | Plugged | Dry hole | Turner, J. D. |
| C W & F Coal (Tr. RS) 20 | 12-055-01554 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal Co. RS-12 | 12-055-00520 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal Co. (Tr. BM) - Malone 1-5 | 12-055-01552 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal Company (Tract RS) 19 | 12-055-01572 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal Rice Community 1 | 12-055-01593 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Coal Rice Community 1 | 12-055-01593-0100 | Status not reported | Disposal | Shell Oil Company |
| C W & F Reed 1 | 12-055-01177 | Plugged | Dry hole | Howard & Howell |
| C W F Coal L-1 | 12-055-00243 | Plugged | Dry hole | Wegener, H. H. |
| C W F Coal 1 | 12-055-01630 | Plugged | Dry hole | Howard & Howell |
| C W F Coal 2-A | 12-055-02022 | Status not reported | Oil | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| C W F Coal 2-F | 12-055-02487 | Plugged | Dry hole | R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| C. B. & O. Railroad 1 | 12-055-01224 | Status not reported | Oil | Simpkins, Joe Oil Development |
| C. B. & O. Railroad 1 | 12-055-01224-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Simpkins, Joe Oil Development |
| C. W. & F. Coal 4 | 12-055-00378 | Plugged | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C. W. & F. Coal 5 | 12-055-00379 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C. W. & F. Coal 6 | 12-055-00380 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C. W. & F. Coal 9 | 12-055-00383 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| C. W. & F. Coal 2 | 12-055-00385 | Status not reported | Oil | Wegener, Mary |
| C. W. & F. Coal 4 | 12-055-00387 | Status not reported | Oil | Wegener, H. H. |
| C. W. & F. Coal 2 | 12-055-00410-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| C. W. & F. Coal T-2 | 12-055-00526 | Status not reported | Oil | Shell Oil Company |