API 47-087-01825OrphanedOil well
Sheppard, Bess 268
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 #
- 47-087-01825
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
- Type
- Oil(Oil Production)
- County
- Roane
- Coordinates
- 38.61377, -81.43036
- State record #
- 087-01825
Operator
- Wells operated
- 763
- Active
- 339
- States
- AR, CA, IL, KY, NY, OH, WV
- As filed
- STANDARD OIL COMPANY, INC.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgarty, Nona J. A-1 | 47-039-00406 | Active | Gas | Pillar Energy, LLC |
| Jennings, L. C. & W. P. L. C. Wilson 3 | 47-039-02418 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exco Resources (Wv), Inc. |
| Tinsley, Harold R. L. Bird 1 | 47-039-02102 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Quaker State Corporation |
| Young, F. M., Etal 1 | 47-039-01568 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Walker, B. 2-W-1096 | 47-039-03484 | Active | Oil | Diversified Production LLC |
| Stricklen, Maggie 1 | 47-039-01529 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.