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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (no name) | 12-173-00022 | Status not reported | Unknown | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| (no name) | 12-173-01050 | Status not reported | Unknown | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| (no name) | 12-173-01317 | Status not reported | Unknown | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| (no name) | 12-173-01458 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 6-1 | 12-173-01460 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 10-3 | 12-173-01465 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| (no name) 10-8 | 12-173-01467 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 10-4 | 12-173-01468 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 1013 | 12-173-01470 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) 1123 | 12-173-01471 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| (no name) | 12-173-01708 | Status not reported | Unknown | Sullivan Machine |
| #10-15 10-15 | 12-173-01479 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #10-16 10-16 | 12-173-01478 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #10-2 10-2 | 12-173-01455 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #10-26 10-26 | 12-173-01461 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #10-6 10-6 | 12-173-01472 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #10-7 10-7 | 12-173-01473 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #10-9 10-9 | 12-173-01477 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #11-14 11-14 | 12-173-01474 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #11-15 11-15 | 12-173-01464 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #11-17 11-17 | 12-173-01463 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #11-18 11-18 | 12-173-01476 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #11-25 11-25 | 12-173-01483 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #11-39 11-39 | 12-173-01475 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #11032 11032 | 12-173-01469 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #6-3 6-3 | 12-173-01462 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| #6-5 6-5 | 12-173-01457 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| #6-7 6-7 | 12-173-01456 | Status not reported | Other | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Abercrombie 1 | 12-173-00806 | Plugged | Dry hole | Doran, Paul |
| Adams / Reynolds et al "A" 1 | 12-173-24383 | Status not reported | Oil | Benchmark Properties, Ltd. |
| Adams, Willard 1 | 12-173-00605 | Plugged | Dry hole | Myers, Theodore F. |
| Adams/Reynolds et al "A" 2 | 12-173-24386 | Status not reported | Oil | Benchmark Properties, Ltd. |
| Adkins 1-34 | 12-173-23104 | Plugged | Dry hole | Dart Energy Corp. |
| Adkins 2-34T | 12-173-23114 | Status not reported | Unknown | Dart Energy Corp. |
| Adkins 2-34T | 12-173-23114-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Dart Energy Corp. |
| Adkins 1 | 12-173-23319 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ruesch Oil, Inc. |
| Allen 1 | 12-173-01259 | Plugged | Oil | Schaefer Oil Company |
| Allen 1 | 12-173-01260 | Plugged | Dry hole | Robison, H. F. |
| Allen, Carl 1 | 12-173-01224 | Plugged | Dry hole | Durr, Don |
| Allen, Ralph A-1 | 12-173-01310 | Plugged | Dry hole | Schaefer Oil Company |
| Amling, H. A. 1 | 12-173-00816 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lynch Phil D |
| Anderson 1 | 12-173-01338 | Plugged | Dry hole | Baker, B. A. |
| Anderson, Wm. 1 | 12-173-00095 | Plugged | Dry hole | Baugher, Ollie |
| Antrim 1 | 12-173-22499 | Plugged | Oil | Harris & Rohlfing Oil Pr |
| Antrim 2 | 12-173-22507 | Plugged | Dry hole | Harris & Rohlfing Oil Pr |
| Ashenbremer, Vida 1 | 12-173-01169 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Atkinson 1 | 12-173-00096 | Plugged | Dry hole | Olson Drilling Company |
| Atkinson 1 | 12-173-01309 | Plugged | Dry hole | Richardson, M. H. |
| Atkinson, E. 1 | 12-173-01450 | Plugged | Other | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Atkinson, J. 1 | 12-173-01449 | Plugged | Other | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| BANNING, M. L. 1 | 12-173-01077-0100 | Plugged | Unknown | Middlesex Assoc Oil |
| Bailey 1 | 12-173-01291 | Plugged | Dry hole | Miller, Roman D. |
| Baird, D. 1 | 12-173-01453 | Plugged | Other | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Baker, Lanson M. 1 | 12-173-01174 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jarvis, Vernon D. |
| Banning 1 | 12-173-22603 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jordan Oil & Gas Co. |
| Banning 1 | 12-173-22940 | Plugged | Dry hole | Tri-Cor Oil Producers |
| Banning, H. D. 1 | 12-173-00247 | Plugged | Dry hole | Braner, Paul Etal |
| Banning, M. L. 1 | 12-173-01077 | Plugged | Dry hole | Myers, Theodore F. |
| Barding Estate 1 | 12-173-00296 | Plugged | Dry hole | Barding Trustee |
| Barding Estate 1 | 12-173-00296-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | — |
| Bareither 1 | 12-173-01120 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Barkhurst 1 | 12-173-00051 | Status not reported | Oil | Oil, Inc. |
| Barkhurst 1 | 12-173-00340 | Plugged | Dry hole | Mansfield, C. B. |
| Barnes 1 | 12-173-00608 | Plugged | Dry hole | Krohn, William H. |
| Barrow, Vernon 1 | 12-173-01742 | Plugged | Dry hole | Evans, Robert H. |
| Bauer, Nellie 1 | 12-173-00098 | Plugged | Dry hole | Sims, Harvey H. |
| Baxter, Fred N. et al 1 | 12-173-01297 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Beem, Dorothy W. 1 | 12-173-00842 | Plugged | Dry hole | Doran, Paul |
| Beitz & Schumacker Comm. 1 | 12-173-22504 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Belnap, Eugenia 1 | 12-173-01270 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Associated Petroleum Co. |
| Bemis 1 | 12-173-23884 | Plugged | Dry hole | Saverin Oil Tools, Inc. |
| Bennett, Burl C. 1 | 12-173-01448 | Plugged | Other | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Bennett, Ernest 1 | 12-173-22545 | Plugged | Dry hole | Bennett, Ernest P. |
| Best, C. A. 1 | 12-173-00083 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gulf Refining Company |
| Beyers, Chester 1 | 12-173-22521 | Status not reported | Oil | Potsch, Ronald A. |
| Beyers, Chester 2 | 12-173-22554 | Status not reported | Oil | Potsch, Ronald A. |
| Beyers, Chester 2 | 12-173-22554-0100 | Status not reported | Oil | Potsch, Ronald A. |
| Beyers, Chester 3 | 12-173-22555 | Status not reported | Oil | Potsch, Ronald A. |
| Bickford E E 1 | 12-173-00025-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | — |
| Bickford, E. E. 1 | 12-173-00025 | Plugged | Dry hole | Alyward et al |
| Biedert, Henry 1 | 12-173-01093 | Plugged | Dry hole | Powell, Graham |
| Biehler 1 | 12-173-00880 | Status not reported | Unknown | Clay County Oil Prod |
| Bigler, M. C. 1 | 12-173-00026 | Plugged | Dry hole | — |
| Bilyeu 1 | 12-173-00110 | Plugged | Dry hole | National Petroleum Corp. |
| Bilyeu 1 | 12-173-23012 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Birkett 1 | 12-173-01307 | Plugged | Dry hole | Fletcher, Rhea |
| Bivard, Inc. 1 | 12-173-22025 | Plugged | Dry hole | Harris, Robert M. |
| Bivins 1 | 12-173-01436 | Plugged | Other | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Bixler, Jude 1 | 12-173-22033 | Plugged | Dry hole | Energy Resources of IN, Inc. |
| Boldt 1 | 12-173-01336-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Boldt 2 | 12-173-23117 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Boldt, G. 1 | 12-173-23304 | Plugged | Other | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Boldt, G. 1-A | 12-173-23315 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nuxoll, William R. |
| Boldt, Ross 1 | 12-173-01333 | Plugged | Dry hole | Misspi Valley Petrol |
| Boldt, Ross 1 | 12-173-01336 | Plugged | Dry hole | Troop, R. H. Etal |
| Boldt, Ross R. 1 | 12-173-01148 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ryan Consldtd Oil |
| Boling, Bessie & Clark 1 | 12-173-01097 | Plugged | Dry hole | V. S. & S. Drilling Company, Inc. |
| Borgic 1 | 12-173-22598 | Plugged | Dry hole | Hubbartt, Carl M. |
| Bottrell Brohters 1 | 12-173-22472 | Plugged | Dry hole | Quasar Incorporated |
| Boys Estate 1 | 12-173-00091 | Plugged | Dry hole | Producers Oil Co |