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An API well number can have up to 14 digits divided by dashes as follows: Example: 42-501-20130-03-00 [7] The "42" means that this well is located in "State Code" 42 which is Texas. The "501" means that this well is located in "County Code" 501 which is Yoakum County. The "20130" is a "Unique Well Identifier" within the county.
The Drake Well is a 69.5-foot-deep (21.2 m) oil well in Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania, the success of which sparked the first oil boom in the United States. The well is the centerpiece of the Drake Well Museum located 3 miles (5 km) south of Titusville .
The well hit a sand formation, now known as the Gantz Sand, that produced oil, surprising the company. [5] That sand formation is known as the Gantz Sand. [5] This was the first oil well in Washington County and set off an oil boom in the area. [5] [9] Within 3 months, 21 wells were drilled throughout the county. [5] One well at a depth of ...
Pennsylvania oil production peaked in 1891, when the state produced 31 million barrels of oil, 58% of the nation's oil that year. But 1892 was the last year that Pennsylvania wells provided a majority of the oil produced in the US, and in 1895, Ohio surpassed Pennsylvania as an oil producer.
This is a list of oilfield service companies – which provide services to the petroleum exploration and production industry but do not typically produce petroleum. In the list, notable subsidiary companies and divisions are listed as sub-lists of their current parent companies.
In this article we will present the 15 largest drilling companies in the world. Click to skip ahead and see the 5 largest drilling companies in the world. Our article focuses on the offshore ...
The lawsuit by the attorney general's office included an antitrust action under state law, and had attracted the close attention of major business groups in Pennsylvania, the nation's No. 2 gas ...
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC), [4] the local water utility, leased the watershed in 1999 for gas drilling, and about 100 shallow gas wells have been drilled since then. [3] And in 2008, deeper drilling and fracking for gas in the Marcellus shale began near the reservoir. [3] As of 2013, 41 deep wells have been drilled on ...