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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on September 13, 2008 at 9:23

Dena, can you give some examples? Typically a well is named after the lease where the well is located but this is not always the case. I believe the well operator determines the primary portion of the name.

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Permalink Reply by Dena A1 on September 13, 2008 at 9:46

Thanks! I was wondering how that was determine, because I have seen last names,numbers,and companies on various searches I have look at on that site. I just thought it was interesting to know.

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Permalink Reply by Grice on September 13, 2008 at 9:40

The name of a well is established from the property owner's last name (or the name of a company) where the well is located. Example: If a well was erected on my land, it would be given the name "Grice 34". The number 34 is derived from my land being located in section 34 of 19N-15W.

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Permalink Reply by Dena A1 on September 13, 2008 at 9:50

Thanks! I thought it would be interesting to know, and maybe others would also.

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Permalink Reply by Landowner on September 13, 2008 at 14:40

My father had a well, in Bienville parish, on his land back in 1979. I went out and looked at the name and it has his last name and an "A" behind the name. I don't know if he requested this name or it was just name by the oil company.

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Permalink Reply by BirdDawg, plain ole' idiot on September 13, 2008 at 17:08

Landowner,
It probably means "Alternate" unit well.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on September 13, 2008 at 18:33

Landowner, sometimes companies will add the A if the landowner has more than one tract of land in the section. Example John Doe owns two unconnected 40 acre tracts, one in the NW corner and one in the SE corner of the section. The well drilled in the NW corner may be named the John Doe #1 well while a 2nd well drilled in the SE corner may be the John Doe "A" #1 well.

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Permalink Reply by Landowner on September 14, 2008 at 7:17

Les, I am sure you are correct on why they added the "A" to his well. I remember my father saying he leased his tract in section 29 along with the tract in section 21 in the same lease agreement. He realized after the well was producing in section 29 that he had tied up both properties for the life of this well. We were lucky that the well ceased to produce back in 1983, because the tract I inherited was in the section 21.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on September 15, 2008 at 3:06

Actually, it is named after the mineral owner of the surface location where the physical well is located.

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Permalink Reply by Landowner on September 15, 2008 at 3:23

So, Randy, why the "A"? As for as I know there wasn't a plan for a second one.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on September 15, 2008 at 5:17

The well naming scenario is confusing and complex. We assume we know what the name will be, but that doesn't mean that conversation won't send us back a different name. It could be a lot of things, if they had planned another well you may not have known it; it could be that your father(?) had other tracts of land they had labeled as a,b,c,d,etc.; it could mean alternate; maybe during that time they were doing the letter sceme naming with all the wells, who knows?

In the end does the name make a difference?

Randy

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Permalink Reply by Dena A1 on September 15, 2008 at 5:27

Wouldn't it be fun if one was to name one Gaszilla or Lucky 13? I am sure that their could be some other interesting ideas for names from this site. Your thoughts.....

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