WVGES

Summary Data and Statistics
Oil and Gas Statistics
Drilling Activity Reported in 1999


Dividing Line

Formation abbreviation translations

West Virginia Well Completions Reported in 1999,
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
9
0
0
0
0
0
9
Berkeley
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Boone
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
17
6
0
0
0
27
Braxton
0
0
0
1
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
10
Brooke
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cabell
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Calhoun
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
6
Clay
0
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
8
Doddridge
0
0
0
1
3
0
62
0
0
0
0
0
66
Fayette
0
4
2
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
18
Gilmer
0
0
0
0
1
0
10
2
0
0
0
0
13
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
0
1
0
0
1
65
0
0
0
0
0
67
Jackson
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
36
22
0
0
0
59
Jefferson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kanawha
0
0
1
0
42
0
0
48
21
0
3
1
116
Lewis
0
0
0
0
5
1
60
0
0
0
0
0
66
Lincoln
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
57
3
0
0
0
63
Logan
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
59
17
0
0
0
79
McDowell
11
0
3
0
6
4
1
15
1
0
0
1
42
Marion
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
0
0
0
0
0
17
Marshall
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mason
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
6
Mercer
0
0
1
0
13
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
17
Mineral
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Mingo
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
34
12
0
0
0
48
Monongalia
5
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
12
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
1
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
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
2
2
0
2
4
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
15
Pocahontas
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
Preston
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
14
0
0
0
15
Putnam
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
0
0
0
16
Raleigh
8
3
2
0
12
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
30
Randolph
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
11
Ritchie
0
0
0
2
1
0
59
17
0
0
0
0
79
Roane
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
1
6
Summers
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Taylor
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
13
Tucker
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tyler
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
Upshur
0
0
0
0
1
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
32
Wayne
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
1
0
9
0
37
Webster
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wetzel
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
9
Wirt
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Wood
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
5
Wyoming
33
3
2
0
22
0
0
24
6
0
0
0
90
TOTAL
59
18
15
8
142
7
352
376
131
0
12
5
1125

WVGES Welcome Page  Summary Data and Statistics  Description of Drilling Activity


Page last revised: December 28, 2005


Please send questions, comments, and/or suggestions to webmaster.

Page created and maintained by:
            West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
  Address:  Mont Chateau Research Center
            1 Mont Chateau Road
            Morgantown, WV  26508-8079
Telephone:  304-594-2331
      FAX:  304-594-2575
    Hours:  8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday - Friday

Permission to reproduce this material is granted if acknowledgment is given to the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey.