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API 47-087-01546OrphanedOil well

Shafer, Ralph Shafer 3

Oil well in Roane County, West Virginia · operated by Standard Oil

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 #
47-087-01546
Status
Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
Type
Oil(Oil Production)
County
Roane
Coordinates
38.64223, -81.36981
State record #
087-01546

Operator

Standard Oil

Wells operated
763
Active
339
States
AR, CA, IL, KY, NY, OH, WV
As filed
STANDARD OIL COMPANY, INC.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
St. Clair, James Leo 167147-039-03000Plugged & abandonedOther typeColumbia Natural Resources, LLC
Andrews, R. C. 147-039-01986Plugged & abandonedOther typeOperator Unknown
Mrl Enterprises, LLC 801596 P&a47-039-03040Plugged & abandonedGasChesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.
Stump, William & Delcie 728147-039-01617ActiveInjectionColumbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Huntington, Arabella 2747-039-00018Other statusGasCabot Oil & Gas Corporation
Casey, S. L., Etal 456847-039-00183ActiveGasDiversified Production LLC

Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.