Shelby County, IL oil and gas wells
1,073 wells: 0 active, 679 plugged, run by 380 operators.
Figures from the Illinois State Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-17.
Top operators in Shelby
Wells
Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned
| Well | API / ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden, E. 2 | 12-173-00018 | Plugged | Dry hole | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Braden, Mary 1 | 12-173-01025 | Plugged | Dry hole | Schaefer, James L. |
| Branyan 1 | 12-173-00961 | Plugged | Dry hole | Branyan, Alfred M. |
| Branyan, A. M. 1 | 12-173-01223 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jarvis, Vernon D. |
| Brown 1-31 | 12-173-22496 | Plugged | Dry hole | Anatole Oil Corp. |
| Brown, Chester E. 1 | 12-173-01379 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Brown, Ray 1 | 12-173-01104 | Plugged | Dry hole | Richardson, M. H. |
| Brunken 1-A | 12-173-01145 | Plugged | Dry hole | Potsch, John P. Sr. |
| Brunken, Frederick W. 1 | 12-173-01736 | Plugged | Dry hole | Cordes, Leo L. |
| Brunken, Garold 1 | 12-173-22542 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Brunken, William 1 | 12-173-01268 | Plugged | Dry hole | Rappe, Thomas C. |
| Brush Creek Quarry 1 | 12-173-24324 | Status not reported | Other | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| Buchanan 1 | 12-173-24358 | Plugged | Dry hole | R K Petroleum Corp. |
| Buckmaster, Frank 1 | 12-173-00440 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum |
| Bugenhagen, Fred 1 | 12-173-00430 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ritchie, Milo |
| Bullerman 1 | 12-173-01365 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ehrhart & Armantrout |
| Bundy, Orvyll Vey 1 | 12-173-01329 | Plugged | Dry hole | Duncan, N. V. Drilling Co. |
| Bunyard, Cecil 1 | 12-173-01427 | Plugged | Other | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Burgess 1 | 12-173-22505 | Plugged | Dry hole | Courson Coring & Drlg. |
| Burgess 1 | 12-173-22505-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Burgess, Victor P. 1 | 12-173-00285 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| CHAFFEE, GEO. 1-B | 12-173-01076-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. |
| Carnes, W. C. 1 | 12-173-00123 | Plugged | Dry hole | Halbert & Heath |
| Carr 1 | 12-173-00114 | Plugged | Dry hole | Illican Oil |
| Carroll 1 | 12-173-01142 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nation Oil Company, The |
| Cazalet 1 | 12-173-00059 | Plugged | Dry hole | McFarland, Rolla J. |
| Chafee 2-W | 12-173-01153 | Status not reported | Injection | Belden, W. L. |
| Chafee 3 | 12-173-01192-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. |
| Chafee 7 | 12-173-01366 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chafee 7 | 12-173-01366-0100 | Permitted | Unknown | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chafee, George D. 1 | 12-173-00078 | Status not reported | Oil | Johnson, W. B. Drlg. Co. |
| Chaffe 5 | 12-173-01241 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 1 | 12-173-00078-0100 | Status not reported | Unknown | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 1-W | 12-173-00078-0200 | Status not reported | Unknown | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 1 | 12-173-00078-0300 | Status not reported | Unknown | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 3 | 12-173-01138 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 4 | 12-173-01139-0100 | Status not reported | Injection | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 6 | 12-173-01273 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 8 | 12-173-01862 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 9 | 12-173-22473 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee 10-WI | 12-173-24474 | Status not reported | Injection | P & M Oil, Inc. |
| Chaffee 11 | 12-173-24475 | Status not reported | Oil | P & M Oil, Inc. |
| Chaffee, George 1-B | 12-173-01076 | Status not reported | Oil | Belden, W. L. |
| Chaffee, George 2 | 12-173-01115 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Chaffee, George 4 | 12-173-01139 | Status not reported | Oil | Doran Oil Properties |
| Cherry Eleanor 1 | 12-173-01089-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | — |
| Cherry, Eleanor 1 | 12-173-01089 | Plugged | Dry hole | Minerva Oil Co. |
| Chesterman, W. O. 1 | 12-173-00235 | Plugged | Dry hole | Skelly Oil Company |
| Chihak, John A. 1 | 12-173-00669 | Plugged | Dry hole | Mansfield, C. B. |
| Citizen Natl. Bank 1 | 12-173-22506 | Plugged | Dry hole | Potsch, Ronald A. |
| Citizens National Bank B-1 | 12-173-22573 | Plugged | Dry hole | Potsch, Ronald A. |
| Citizens National Bank Tr #2919 A-1 | 12-173-22527 | Status not reported | Oil | Potsch, Ronald A. |
| Clark 1 | 12-173-00817 | Plugged | Dry hole | McDaniel & Workman |
| Clawson 1 | 12-173-01124 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Clawson, Don 2 | 12-173-01287 | Plugged | Dry hole | Richardson, M. H. |
| Clay 1 | 12-173-01059 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nonneman, Louis J. |
| Clay Estate 1 | 12-173-00062 | Plugged | Dry hole | Moore Dan Etal |
| Clay, E. F. 1 | 12-173-00620 | Plugged | Dry hole | Frank & Bassett |
| Clay, E. F. 1 | 12-173-00622 | Plugged | Dry hole | Reynolds J W |
| Cochran 1 | 12-173-01123 | Plugged | Dry hole | Hannah, John |
| Cochran 1 | 12-173-01123-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | — |
| Compton 1-W | 12-173-00065-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Eagle Energy, Inc. |
| Compton 1 | 12-173-01227 | Status not reported | Unknown | Richardson, M. H. |
| Compton 1 | 12-173-01227-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Richardson, M. H. |
| Compton 3 | 12-173-01230 | Plugged | Oil | Richardson, M. H. |
| Compton 4 | 12-173-01267 | Plugged | Injection | Richardson, M. H. |
| Compton 2 | 12-173-01301 | Plugged | Dry hole | Richardson, M. H. |
| Compton 1 | 12-173-22566-0100 | Plugged | Oil | Ruesch Oil, Inc. |
| Compton 2 | 12-173-23542 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ruesch Oil, Inc. |
| Compton 1 | 12-173-24395 | Plugged | Dry hole | New Age Oil, Inc |
| Compton 1 | 12-173-24397 | Plugged | Dry hole | Clearlake Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Compton 2 | 12-173-24534 | Plugged | Dry hole | Wenwood Developments, LLC |
| Compton, Foster G. 1 | 12-173-00070 | Plugged | Dry hole | Doran, Paul |
| Compton, Lloyd M. 1 | 12-173-00392 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Compton, Paul 1 | 12-173-22566 | Status not reported | Oil | Eagle Energy, Inc. |
| Cooper, H. C. 1 | 12-173-01096 | Plugged | Dry hole | Texas Company, The |
| Core Drill Hole S-4 | 12-173-00712 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 100 | 12-173-00565 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 103 | 12-173-00568 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 161 | 12-173-00569 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 154 | 12-173-00570 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 170 | 12-173-00572 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 167 | 12-173-00579 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 159 | 12-173-00589 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 162 | 12-173-00592 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 185 | 12-173-00595 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 160 | 12-173-00596 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 182 | 12-173-00598 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 180 | 12-173-00601 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 181 | 12-173-00602 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 168 | 12-173-00604 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 184 | 12-173-00607 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 187 | 12-173-00609 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 186 | 12-173-00610 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 179 | 12-173-00614 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 183 | 12-173-00615 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 171 | 12-173-00677 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 175 | 12-173-00684 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 172 | 12-173-00704 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Core Hole 173 | 12-173-00705 | Status not reported | Other | Carter Oil Co., The |