API 47-085-01197OrphanedOil well
Lipscomb, John 1
Oil 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 #
- 47-085-01197
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
- Type
- Oil(Oil Production)
- County
- Ritchie
- Coordinates
- 39.30586, -81.09965
- State record #
- 085-01197
Operator
- Wells operated
- 159
- Active
- 5
- States
- WV
- As filed
- WV WELLS, LTD
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn, Dana M. Washburn 8 | 47-085-10114 | Active | Gas | Term Energy Corporation |
| Markey, F.H. 3 | 47-085-00104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Friedley, Carl 2 | 47-085-05280 | Active | Gas | Term Energy Corporation |
| Clevenger, Clyde 375 | 47-085-03459 | Orphaned | Gas | Trans-Capital Investment Group, Inc. |
| Tate, A. H. 1 | 47-085-01847 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Deem, Biddie 9 | 47-085-01144 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.