API 47-085-00089OrphanedGas well
Ball, Frank R. 1
Gas well in Ritchie County, West Virginia · operated by Wv Wells
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
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Registry record
- API #
- 47-085-00089
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
- Type
- Gas(Gas Production)
- County
- Ritchie
- Coordinates
- 39.24959, -81.06648
- State record #
- 085-00089
Operator
- Wells operated
- 159
- Active
- 5
- States
- WV
- As filed
- WV WELLS, LTD
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exline, Carl E., Etal Exline 3 | 47-085-08745 | Active | Gas | Stalnaker Energy Corporation |
| White, Carter Welch 7 | 47-085-07182 | Active | Gas | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Barker, J. M. 1 | 47-085-03637 | Active | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Smith, Troy 1 | 47-085-02612 | Active | Gas | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Bunner, Richard Hedge 2a | 47-085-09513 | Other status | Other type | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Ayers, J. 1 | 47-085-02409 | Active | Gas | Deem, J. F. Oil & Gas, LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.