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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (no name) 202 | 12-055-01472 | Status not reported | Other | Old Ben Coal Co. |
| (no name) 135 | 12-055-02429 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 11 | 12-055-02430 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 138 | 12-055-02431 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 65 | 12-055-02432 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 64 | 12-055-02433 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) | 12-055-02437 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) DH-353 | 12-055-23339 | Status not reported | Unknown | Royal Land Co. |
| (no name) M16-W1 | 12-055-23829 | Plugged | Gas | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| (no name) M19-W1 | 12-055-23830 | Status not reported | Gas | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| (no name) M12-W1 | 12-055-23831 | Status not reported | Gas | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| (no name) M10-1 | 12-055-23846 | Status not reported | Gas | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| (no name) M11-3 | 12-055-23851 | Status not reported | Gas | Hite Operating, Inc. |
| A. & W. 1 | 12-055-23828 | Plugged | Oil | Benton Oil Production, Inc. |
| ADAMS 5 | 12-055-22724 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| ADAMS 9 | 12-055-23488 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| ADAMS 10 | 12-055-23586 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| ADAMS, KATE C. "B" 1 | 12-055-00993-0100 | Plugged | Oil | Whittington, Harry O. |
| ADAMS, KATE C. "B" 1 | 12-055-00993-0200 | Plugged | Oil | Whittington, Harry O. |
| AKIN UNIT 1 | 12-055-23101 | Plugged | Dry hole | Farrar, Fletcher F. |
| ALVA COOK HRS 1 | 12-055-02224 | Plugged | Dry hole | McEndree, Eber |
| AUTEN 2 | 12-055-00408-0100 | Plugged | Water supply | Adkins, E. S. |
| Abney Comm 1 | 12-055-01611 | Status not reported | Oil | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Abney Comm 2 | 12-055-01793 | Plugged | Dry hole | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Absher 1 | 12-055-01128 | Plugged | Dry hole | Duncan, Walter |
| Adams 1 | 12-055-00993 | Plugged | Dry hole | J. W. Menhall & Co. |
| Adams 2 | 12-055-01005 | Plugged | Oil | Menhall, J. W. & Co. |
| Adams 2-A | 12-055-01495 | Plugged | Oil | Bartmes, Ross |
| Adams 1 | 12-055-01566-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| Adams 1-A | 12-055-01851 | Plugged | Oil | Bartmes, Ross |
| Adams 1-A | 12-055-02116 | Plugged | Oil | Sprague, Ralph E. |
| Adams 3 | 12-055-02183 | Plugged | Dry hole | Whittington, Harry O. |
| Adams 4 | 12-055-02236 | Status not reported | Oil | Whittington, Braden |
| Adams 4 | 12-055-02236-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| Adams 7 | 12-055-23262 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| Adams 8 | 12-055-23459 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| Adams 10 | 12-055-23586-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| Adams Kate C 2 | 12-055-01621 | Status not reported | Oil | Whittington, Harry O. |
| Adams Kate C 1 | 12-055-02576 | Plugged | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| Adams Unit 11 | 12-055-23988 | Status not reported | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| Adams, Kate C. 1 | 12-055-01566 | Plugged | Dry hole | Whittington, Harry O. |
| Adkins-Harrison 1-S | 12-055-00238 | Plugged | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| Adkins-Shaw 1 | 12-055-01641 | Plugged | Dry hole | Adkins, Ralph M. |
| Aiken - Bundy 2 | 12-055-01893 | Status not reported | Oil | Froderman, G. H. |
| Aiken - Bundy 2 | 12-055-01893-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | J & W Production |
| Aiken - Bundy - Johnson 2 | 12-055-01893-0200 | Plugged | Injection | J & W Production |
| Aiken Com 1 | 12-055-01648 | Status not reported | Oil | McClement & Killion |
| Aiken-Bundy 1 | 12-055-00921 | Plugged | Oil | Froderman, Etal |
| Aiken-Bundy 3 | 12-055-01894 | Status not reported | Oil | Froderman, Etal |
| Akin 1 | 12-055-00263 | Plugged | Oil | Connelly Etal |
| Akin 2 | 12-055-00962 | Status not reported | Oil | Conley & Froderman |
| Akin 2 | 12-055-00962-0100 | Plugged | Injection | James A. Week Trustee |
| Akin 1 | 12-055-01872 | Plugged | Oil | Walker Earl |
| Akin 2 | 12-055-01873 | Plugged | Dry hole | Walker Earl |
| Akin (South) 1 | 12-055-25035 | Plugged | Oil | Cooksey, Tim Oil |
| Akin Hrs | 12-055-00624 | Plugged | Other | Schiek & Buerkle |
| Akin Unit 8-WIW | 12-055-00644-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Akin Unit 1-23 | 12-055-24915 | Status not reported | Oil | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Akin Unit 1-23-WIW | 12-055-24915-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Alex 1 | 12-055-23877 | Status not reported | Oil | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Alex 2 | 12-055-23921 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Alex 3 | 12-055-23922-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Alex 5 | 12-055-23933 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Alex 4 | 12-055-23938 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| Allen 1 | 12-055-01603 | Plugged | Oil | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Allen 2 | 12-055-01928 | Status not reported | Oil | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Allen 2 | 12-055-01928-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Allen 3 | 12-055-01999 | Plugged | Dry hole | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Allen WS-1 | 12-055-02579 | Plugged | Water supply | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Allen 1 | 12-055-24705 | Plugged | Dry hole | DeMier Oil Company |
| Allen-Martin 2 | 12-055-02027-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Allen-Martin Consolidated 1 | 12-055-01936 | Plugged | Oil | Collins Brothers Oil Company |
| Allen-Martin Consolidated 2 | 12-055-02027 | Status not reported | Oil | Collins Brothers Oil Company |
| Allen-Martin Consolidated 2 | 12-055-02027-0200 | Status not reported | Unknown | Collins Brothers Oil Company |
| Alsup 1 | 12-055-01895 | Status not reported | Oil | Ford, W. P. |
| Alsup 1 | 12-055-01895-0100 | Plugged | Injection | J. A. Weeks |
| Alva 1 | 12-055-01448 | Plugged | Dry hole | Minerva Oil Co. |
| Anderson 1 | 12-055-00632 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Petroleum Corp. |
| Anderson 1 | 12-055-01125 | Plugged | Dry hole | Bartmes, Ross |
| Anderson-Briley 1 | 12-055-02284 | Plugged | Dry hole | Anderson, Jabe J. |
| Arnold 1-D | 12-055-02625 | Plugged | Dry hole | Killion & McClement Oil |
| Artnell Co 1 | 12-055-01570 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Artnell-Phillips 2B | 12-055-01438 | Plugged | Oil | Artnell Company |
| Atchison 1 | 12-055-00802 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Auten 1 | 12-055-00407 | Status not reported | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| Auten 2 | 12-055-00408 | Plugged | Oil | Adkins, E. S. |
| Auten 1 | 12-055-01033 | Plugged | Dry hole | Rodgers S A |
| Auten (Benton Flood Unit 150-W) 1 | 12-055-00407-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| Auten Lillian 1 | 12-055-00322 | Plugged | Dry hole | Venorsky George |
| B.F. 1 | 12-055-23923 | Status not reported | Gas | Finite Resources, Ltd. |
| BALDWIN HEIRS 1 | 12-055-00731 | Plugged | Dry hole | Schlafly, H.J. Etal. |
| BAUER BERTON 1 | 12-055-23656 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gallagher, Victor R. |
| BEAN COMM 1 | 12-055-01446-0100 | Plugged | Oil | Brehm, C. E. Drilling & Producing |
| BENNETT TRUST 3 | 12-055-23578 | Plugged | Dry hole | Budmark Oil Co., Inc. |
| BENNETT TRUST 4 | 12-055-23649 | Plugged | Dry hole | Budmark Oil Co., Inc. |
| BENTON FLOOD UNIT 50-W | 12-055-00520-0200 | Status not reported | Service | Shell Oil Company |
| BENTON N UNT 4 | 12-055-02611 | Plugged | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| BENTON NORTH UNIT 5 | 12-055-02638 | Plugged | Oil | H & W Oil Co., Inc. |
| BOLEN 1-A | 12-055-02594 | Plugged | Dry hole | Tuck, L. L. |
| BOWMAN M 1 | 12-055-23579 | Status not reported | Oil | O.D. & E. Corporation |