Mercer County, IL oil and gas wells
135 wells: 0 active, 15 plugged, run by 27 operators.
Figures from the Illinois State Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-17.
Top operators in Mercer
Wells
Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned
| Well | API / ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (no name) 17 | 12-131-00020 | Status not reported | Unknown | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| (no name) | 12-131-00125 | Status not reported | Unknown | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| (no name) T-2 | 12-131-00171 | Status not reported | Other | Illinois Power Co. |
| (no name) 1 | 12-131-00217 | Status not reported | Unknown | Hydraulic-Press Brck |
| (no name) 12 | 12-131-00220 | Status not reported | Unknown | Hydraulic-Press Brck |
| (no name) 13 | 12-131-00221 | Status not reported | Unknown | Hydraulic-Press Brck |
| (no name) | 12-131-00236 | Plugged | Unknown | Gooden |
| (no name) 1 | 12-131-00238 | Plugged | Unknown | Little Star Coal |
| (no name) A-8 | 12-131-00435 | Status not reported | Other | Illinois Power Co. |
| (no name) A-9 | 12-131-00436 | Status not reported | Other | Illinois Power Co. |
| (no name) A-20 | 12-131-00437 | Status not reported | Other | Illinois Power Co. |
| (no name) F-3 | 12-131-00518 | Status not reported | Other | Illinois Power Co. |
| 76-N-100 | 12-131-21236 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-101 | 12-131-21254 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-102 | 12-131-21255 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-103 | 12-131-21251 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-104 | 12-131-21253 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-105 | 12-131-21268 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-106 | 12-131-21265 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-107 | 12-131-21266 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-108 | 12-131-21267 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-109 | 12-131-21275 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-110 | 12-131-21274 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-126 | 12-131-21245 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-127 | 12-131-21242 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-128 | 12-131-21258 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-129 | 12-131-21257 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-130 | 12-131-21259 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-131 | 12-131-21244 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-132 | 12-131-21246 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-133 | 12-131-21249 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-134 | 12-131-21250 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-135 | 12-131-21248 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-136 | 12-131-21247 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-137 | 12-131-21262 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-138 | 12-131-21263 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-139 | 12-131-21260 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-140 | 12-131-21261 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-141 | 12-131-21278 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-142 | 12-131-21279 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-143 | 12-131-21276 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-144 | 12-131-21277 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-145 | 12-131-21272 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-146 | 12-131-21273 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-147 | 12-131-21264 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-148 | 12-131-21269 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-166 | 12-131-21270 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-167 | 12-131-21252 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-168 | 12-131-21256 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-169 | 12-131-21239 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-174 | 12-131-21238 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-175 | 12-131-21243 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-176 | 12-131-21271 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-97 | 12-131-21241 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-98 | 12-131-21240 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 76-N-99 | 12-131-21237 | Status not reported | Other | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| Bridge Culvert Matherville Road B-2 | 12-131-21558 | Status not reported | Other | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Bridge Culvert Matherville Road B-1 | 12-131-21559 | Status not reported | Other | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Bridge Culvert Matherville Road B-3 | 12-131-21560 | Status not reported | Other | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Brown Carl 1 | 12-131-00429 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Cabeen 6-133 | 12-131-21557 | Status not reported | Unknown | IL State Geological Survey |
| Cameron Fray 1 | 12-131-00427 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Carpenter C 1 | 12-131-00417 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Crawford C 1 | 12-131-00420 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Crawford Eugene 1 | 12-131-00423 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Deal J T | 12-131-00182-0100 | Status not reported | Unknown | — |
| Deal, J. T. | 12-131-00182 | Status not reported | Unknown | — |
| Deblock J-23 | 12-131-20781 | Status not reported | Unknown | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Dellitts J W 18 | 12-131-00143 | Status not reported | Unknown | Coal Valley Mng Co |
| Dryden V E 1 | 12-131-00425 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| FEE 1 | 12-131-00294 | Plugged | Dry hole | Cofer Lee |
| FRASE MAX J MRS 1 | 12-131-00189-0100 | Plugged | Other | Two Rivers Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Fairbairn R J 1 | 12-131-00227 | Status not reported | Other | — |
| Fairbairn R J 2 | 12-131-00228 | Status not reported | Other | — |
| Fairbairn R J 3 | 12-131-00229 | Status not reported | Other | — |
| Frase, Mrs. Max J. 1 | 12-131-20997 | Plugged | Other | Two Rivers Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Fullerton 1 | 12-131-00172 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kelly, Harold L. |
| Fullerton 1 | 12-131-00172-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kelly, Harold L. |
| Fullerton 1 | 12-131-00172-0200 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kelly, Harold L. |
| Geddes 2 | 12-131-00327 | Status not reported | Unknown | Linn Materials Inc |
| Geddes 3 | 12-131-00328 | Status not reported | Unknown | Linn Materials Inc |
| Geddes 4 | 12-131-00329 | Status not reported | Unknown | Linn Materials Inc |
| Geddes 5 | 12-131-00330 | Status not reported | Unknown | Linn Materials Inc |
| Geddes 6 | 12-131-00331 | Status not reported | Unknown | Linn Materials Inc |
| Greenwood T F | 12-131-00190 | Status not reported | Unknown | — |
| Harlander, Paul 1 | 12-131-20994 | Plugged | Dry hole | Two Rivers Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Irwin Victor 1 | 12-131-00422 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| JOHNSON 1 | 12-131-00680 | Status not reported | Service | Illinois Power Co. |
| Jackson, Clinton 1 | 12-131-00400 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Johnson, Mary 1 | 12-131-20996 | Plugged | Dry hole | Two Rivers Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Johnston 1 | 12-131-00651 | Status not reported | Service | Illinois Power Co. |
| Jones Ruth 1 | 12-131-00428 | Status not reported | Other | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Keithsburg 1-49 | 12-131-00296 | Status not reported | Unknown | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| Kinkaid J-25 | 12-131-20780 | Status not reported | Unknown | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| LIPHARDT 1 | 12-131-21097 | Plugged | Dry hole | Linctown, Inc. |
| Larson J-24 | 12-131-20779 | Status not reported | Unknown | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| MCGAW 1 | 12-131-00205 | Plugged | Dry hole | Cofer Lee |
| Maloney, W. J. | 12-131-00271 | Status not reported | Unknown | — |
| Matherville City | 12-131-00288 | Status not reported | Unknown | Jones & Schmeiser |
| Mercer County Hospital | 12-131-21737 | Status not reported | Other | Illinois State Geological Survey |