API 47-055-00170OrphanedGas well
Foster, James Gregory Bailey 2
Gas well in Mercer County, West Virginia · operated by Commonwealth Energy
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.
Spud date
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Drilling began
Completion
Jan 6, 1995
Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 47-055-00170
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
- Type
- Gas(Gas Production)
- County
- Mercer
- Coordinates
- 37.40198, -81.04074
- State record #
- 055-00170
Operator
- Wells operated
- 325
- Active
- 6
- States
- LA, NY, OK, WV, WY
- As filed
- COMMONWEALTH ENERGY, INC.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 47-055-00125 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| 0 | 47-055-00124 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Murphy, Mason 1 | 47-055-00009 | Orphaned | Gas | Murphy, M. L. |
| Shumate, M. V. 8511 | 47-055-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Natural Resources, LLC |
| Keaton, Carlos & Dorothy Keaton 1 | 47-055-00251 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Duncan, Eugene 20015-T | 47-055-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.