API 47-085-00279OrphanedOil well
Wilcox, C. W. 3
Oil well in Ritchie County, West Virginia · operated by Wv Wells
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 #
- 47-085-00279
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: Abandoned Well)
- Type
- Oil(Oil Production)
- County
- Ritchie
- Coordinates
- 39.28637, -81.07547
- State record #
- 085-00279
Operator
- Wells operated
- 159
- Active
- 5
- States
- WV
- As filed
- WV WELLS, LTD
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broce, David Simmons 1 | 47-085-05462 | Active | Gas | Pin Oak Operating, LLC |
| Layfield, Carolyn Layfield 1 | 47-085-06788 | Active | Gas | Strategic Well Holdings, Inc. |
| Stephens, Carl W. 6 | 47-085-05293 | Other status | Other type | Whitnam Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Hammer, G. W. 2 | 47-085-04631 | Active | Oil | Night Owl Well Service |
| Staats, David & Virginia W. Baker 2 | 47-085-08617 | Active | Gas | Stalnaker Energy Corporation |
| Kirkpatrick, H. Ray 4 | 47-085-06404 | Active | Gas | Solomon Production Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: West Virginia oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.