API 47-085-09106OrphanedOther type well
Kester, James Girta 5
Other type well in Ritchie County, West Virginia · operated by Unknown Dep Paid Plugging Contract
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 #
- 47-085-09106
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Abandoned Well))
- Type
- Other type(Not Available)
- County
- Ritchie
- Coordinates
- 39.10143, -81.25821
- State record #
- 085-09106
Operator
Unknown Dep Paid Plugging Contract
- Wells operated
- 1,199
- Active
- 0
- States
- WV
- As filed
- UNKNOWN - DEP PAID PLUGGING CONTRACT
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Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.