API 47-001-01784OrphanedGas well
Howdershelt, Elmer R. 1
Gas well in Barbour 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.
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Registry record
- API #
- 47-001-01784
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
- Type
- Gas(Gas Production)
- County
- Barbour
- Coordinates
- 39.20436, -79.87653
- State record #
- 001-01784
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter, R. L. Carpenter 2 | 47-001-01833 | Active | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Troendle, Charles 1 | 47-001-01847 | Orphaned | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Jones, Mildred 2 Shaffer | 47-001-02274 | Other status | Other type | Continental Reserves Oil Company |
| Payne, Ben & Sylvia B-49-1 | 47-001-01325 | Active | Gas | Creston Oil Corporation |
| Lantz 1 | 47-001-01313 | Active | Gas | Lippizan Petroleum, Inc. |
| Jones, Mildred Shaffer 1 | 47-001-02275 | Active | Gas | Creston Oil Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.