WVGES

Summary Data and Statistics:
Oil and Gas Statistics
Drilling Activity Reported in 1996


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Formation abbreviation translations

West Virginia Well Completions Reported in 1996,
Summary by County and Deepest Formation Penetrated
(in descending stratigraphic order)

County
Formations
Totals
Pennsylvanian
and younger
Mississippian
Devonian
Silurian
and older
PSVL
MCCK
GRBR
BGIJ
PRCE
CSKL
CMNG
DVSH
ONDG/
ORSK
WLMP
KEFR
TCRR
Barbour
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
16
Berkeley
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Boone
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
8
Braxton
0
0
0
1
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
9
Brooke
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cabell
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
Calhoun
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
5
Clay
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Doddridge
0
0
0
0
2
0
66
0
0
0
0
0
68
Fayette
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
14
Gilmer
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
9
Grant
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Greenbrier
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hampshire
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hancock
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hardy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Harrison
0
1
0
0
1
0
55
0
0
0
0
0
57
Jackson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
3
0
0
0
20
Jefferson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kanawha
0
0
1
1
29
0
0
28
13
0
0
0
72
Lewis
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
0
0
0
0
32
Lincoln
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
34
0
0
0
0
35
Logan
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
4
McDowell
1
3
0
0
3
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
13
Marion
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
Marshall
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Mason
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mercer
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
Mineral
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mingo
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
0
0
0
12
Monongalia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
10
Monroe
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Morgan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nicholas
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Ohio
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Pendleton
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Pleasants
0
0
0
0
1
0
13
5
1
0
0
0
20
Pocahontas
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Preston
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
1
0
0
0
9
Putnam
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
5
Raleigh
0
1
4
0
10
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
20
Randolph
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ritchie
0
0
1
0
3
0
9
8
0
0
0
0
21
Roane
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Summers
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Taylor
0
0
0
0
0
1
16
0
0
0
0
0
17
Tucker
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tyler
2
0
0
1
6
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
17
Upshur
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
Wayne
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
Webster
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wetzel
2
0
0
0
0
1
23
0
0
1
0
0
27
Wirt
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wood
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
4
Wyoming
3
1
0
0
24
0
4
16
0
0
0
0
48
TOTAL
8
8
7
6
105
2
273
152
34
2
0
0
597

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