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FAQ: What is "TRM"? A guide to oil and gas well completion types.
There are many things that can happen to a well drilled in the search for oil and gas. The well may be:
There are three main ways to access Kentucky's oil and gas well data: the database search page, the map interface, or by purchasing data. Depending on how you access the Kentucky oil and gas well data, you might see a variety of well completion types in the result (or completion_result) fields.
| Main Database | Downloaded data | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| * Value refers to a general class of wells and occurs only in summary data downloaded from the Web | ||
| AB | D&A | Well known to be abandoned, no plugging affidavit (PA) or plugging report (PR) |
| AI | SRV | Air injection |
| CBM | GAS | Coalbed methane gas producer |
| COI | SRV | Carbon dioxide injection |
| CP | MSC | Cathodic protection, a well associated with natural gas pipelines and transmission used to ground a pipeline other facility and prevent the build-up of a static electric charge |
| D&A | D&A | Dry and abandoned |
| DG | GAS | Domestic gas supply (i.e., non-commercial gas) |
| FF | SRV | Fire flood |
| FP | LOC | Forfeiture pending |
| GAS | GAS | Natural gas producer |
| GI | SRV | Gas injection (usually oilfield repressurization) |
| GS | MSC | Gas storage |
| IA | D&A | Improperly abandoned |
| LOC | LOC | Location (new permit issued or insufficient data) |
| * | MSC | Miscellaneous, usually non-producing wells |
| N2I | SRV | Nitrogen injection |
| O&G | O&G | Combined oil and gas producer |
| OB | MSC | Observation well (usually associated with gas storage or water injection operations) |
| OIL | OIL | Oil producer |
| SI | SRV | Steam injection |
| SRI | SRV | Secondary recovery input/injection (an EPA Class II injection well) |
| * | SRV | Service wells, EPA Class II injection wells of various types drilled in support of oil and gas production |
| SWD | MSC | Salt water disposal |
| TA | D&A | Temporarily abandoned |
| TAI | SRV | Thermal and air injection |
| TP | LOC | Termination pending |
| TRI | SRV | Tertiary recovery input |
| TRM | LOC | Terminated permit, abandoned location (permit was allowed to expire or was cancelled) |
| UN | LOC | Unknown (as classified by KY Division of Oil and Gas) |
| WD | MSC | Water disposal (can be produced water disposal or storm or waste water disposal) |
| WI | SRV | Water injection (an EPA Class II injection well) |
| WS | MSC | Water supply (usually drilled to supply water for drilling mud, but may also refer to a well drilled as an oil and gas test, but that was plugged back and left for the landowner to use as a domestic water supply well) |
| WW | MSC | Water well, for the most part similar to a water supply well, in this case, often associated with secondary recovery operations |