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API 47-085-00078OrphanedOther type well

Law Orchard Co. 1

Other type well in Ritchie County, West Virginia · operated by Operator Unknown

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 #
47-085-00078
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned Well))
Type
Other type(Not Available)
County
Ritchie
Coordinates
39.23934, -81.17955
State record #
085-00078

Operator

Operator Unknown

Wells operated
13,601
Active
17
States
WV

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Bickerstaff, Lafayette 35347-085-03441ActiveGasTarga Development, Inc.
Baker, William 147-085-03005ActiveGasAll State Energy Corporation
Well 47-085-9188247-085-91882OrphanedOther typeOperator Unknown
Bickerstaff, Lafayette 35847-085-03446ActiveGasTarga Development, Inc.
Bickerstaff, Lafayette 34947-085-03437ActiveGasTarga Development, Inc.
Null, Royce 1-A47-085-04846Other statusOther typeWaco Oil & Gas Co., Inc.

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