My task was to walk a large desert site and find the three wells. I'm a good surveyor and like to hike, but I'm not up on wells. What would you label the items in the three photos. The first is a well and pump, or tank? The second a capped well? The third is the only indication I could find for a well supposedly drilled but the facilities never installed. There is absolutely no other reason for a metal fence post in the middle of nowhere and a metal something beside it. So, what's the correct wording for these?
Well well well.... where do we even start...
"Well Site #" and include a picture.
They probably have names already, I would use those, then you may need to add their status and their type.
OW, Jones #1, P&A, meaning an oil named the Jones #I, status is plugged and abandoned.
they may be gas wells, water wells, monitoring wells,,,,,,,they may be producing (not likely), shut in, P&A
Your state Oil and Gas and or water regulators probably have a legend for the nomenclature, I would just follow that, most industry types know what it all means.
http://welldata.azogcc.az.gov/
I can't say for sure but they probably show up on your states oil and gas well site. Should say how they are labelled on there. I use the WV quite a bit. Even for boundary research if I find a well in the area. I get the map of it to see what the surveyor found out there.