The Illinois Basin offers compelling costs benefits when compared to other US basins. With 19 productive sandstone and limestone reservoirs located between 1,000 feet and 4,500 feet, the Illinois basin produces approximately 32,000 bbl, per day. Operators in the Illinois basin have multiple economical advantages compared to other basins, including 100% of the production can be achieved with vertical wellbores, therefore decreasing development, completion, and lifting costs.