WELL SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

WELL SYMBOLS
Permitted location Well producing gas with a show of oil from multiple
Expired permit location horizons
Gas show Well producing gas from multiple horizons
Gas well Well producing oil from multiple horizons
Plugged gas well Plugged well that produced oil with a gas show
from multiple horizons
Gas and oil show
Plugged well that produced oil from multiple horizons
Oil show
Well producing oil with a gas show from multiple
Oil well horizons
Plugged oil well Plugged well that produced gas with an oil show
Gas well with oil show from multiple horizons
Oil well with gas show Plugged well that produced oil and gas from multiple
horizons
Plugged oil well with gas show PBWW
Well originally drilled for oil and gas, but converted
Oil and gas well to a water well
Plugged oil and gas well Brine well for dust and ice control
Plugged gas well with oil show Plugged brine well for dust and ice control
Dry hole Water supply well
Dry hole with gas show Plugged water supply well
Dry hole with oil show Lost hole
Dry hole with oil and gas show RAD
Radioactive geophysical tools lost in hole
Injection well Observation/monitor well
Plugged injection well Unknown status
Well producing oil and gas from multiple horizons
Plugged well that produced gas from multiple
horizons
MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS
PERMIT NUMBER
( ) Old information
1st PRODUCING
HORIZON AIR Air injection
21234 BO Barrels of oil per day
2nd PRODUCING
HORIZON BE 10 BO INITIAL DD Drill deeper
(if necessary) Cl 100 M PRODUCTION DWELL Domestic
2
WELL LEASE ERP Enhanced recovery project
NUMBER IAERP Inactive enhanced recovery project
WELL SYMBOL
I/O Idle/orphan
IWDW Industrial waste disposal well
PERMIT NUMBERS LOC? Well location uncertain
20000-39999 Standard API permit number for wells permitted LH Lost hole
by the Division of Mines and the Division of Oil M 1,000 cubic feet of gas per day
and Gas between 1935 to present. Does not MM 1,000,000 cubic feet of gas per day
include duplicate permit numbers issued by PB Plug back
the Division of Mines. PBWW Plugged back to water well
60000-79999 Standard API permit number for duplicate permit RAD Radioactive geophysical tools lost in hole
numbers issued by the Division of Mines RO Reopen
between 1935 and 1965, Division of Mines and SMP Solution mining project
Division of Oil and Gas “A” number wells, USGS STEST Stratigraphic test
Pepper numbers, Ohio Geological Survey “D”
and “L” numbers, and wells with no identifiers. STOR Storage well
SWIW Salt water injection well
CTEST Core hole

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 HORIZON ABBREVIATIONS
(Drillers' or informal names are within quotation marks)

Pgr “Goose Run” sandstone

Pmt “Mitchell” sandstone
Pwc “Wolf Creek” sandstone
Pvn “Vincent” sandstone
Ppk “Peeker” sandstone
Pcr “Cow Run” sandstone
PENNSYLVANIAN Pbr “Buell Run” sandstone
Pmb “Macksburg” sandstone
Pgt “Germantown” sandstone
Pss “Salt Sand” sandstone
Pbl “Brill” sandstone
Pmx “Maxton” sandstone

Mma Maxville Limestone

Mke “Keener” sandstone
Min “Big Injun” sandstone
Msq “Squaw” sandstone
Mwel “Welch” sandstone
MISSISSIPPIAN Mwr “Weir” sandstone
Mhd “Hamden” sandstone
Msu Sunbury Shale
Be Berea Sandstone
Mbed Bedford Shale

Doh Ohio Shale

Dgd “Gordon” sandstone
Dol Olentangy Shale
Don Onondaga Limestone “Big Lime”
Ddel Delaware Limestone
DEVONIAN Dsyl Sylvania Sandstone
Dcol Columbus Limestone
Dbb Bois Blanc Formation
Dor Oriskany Sandstone
Dhel Helderberg Limestone

Sbi Bass Islands Dolomite

Snb “Newburg” dolomite
Slp Lockport Formation
SILURIAN Sps “Packer Shell” limestone
Sbf Brassfield Formation
Cl “Clinton” sandstone

Med “Medina” sandstone

Oqu Queenston Shale
Out Utica Shale
Otr Trenton Limestone
Obr Black River Limestone
ORDOVICIAN Ouc Upper Chazy
Omc Middle Chazy limestone
Olc Lower Chazy
Osp “Saint Peter” sandstone
Obmt “Beekmantown” dolomite
–Ckn Knox Dolomite
–Crr “Rose Run” sandstone
–Ccr “Copper Ridge” dolomite
Tpl “Trempealeau” dolomite
–Cfr “Franconian” sandstone
CAMBRIAN –Ckb Kerbel Formation
–Cec Eau Claire Formation
–Cco Conasauga Formation
–Cro Rome Formation
–Cms Mount Simon Sandstone

PRECAMBRIAN P–
PC Precambrian

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