API 47-085-06444OrphanedGas well
Westvaco Epi-12
Gas well in Ritchie County, West Virginia · operated by Mountain State Well Tending
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 #
- 47-085-06444
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
- Type
- Gas(Gas Production)
- County
- Ritchie
- Coordinates
- 39.26431, -81.07771
- State record #
- 085-06444
Operator
- Wells operated
- 32
- Active
- 5
- States
- WV
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layfield, Richard 2 | 47-085-05098 | Active | Gas | Lippizan Petroleum, Inc. |
| Mitchell, James O., Etal 1 | 47-085-08759 | Active | Gas | Stalnaker Energy Corporation |
| Rutherford, S.T. 1 | 47-085-00053 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Harold, A. L. 1 | 47-085-01298 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Swadley, Claude, Etal H-997 | 47-085-04817 | Other status | Other type | Haught, Glenn L. & Sons |
| Sheffer, Carl - Estate Sheffer 3 | 47-085-09586 | Active | Oil | Stalnaker Energy Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.