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Virginia known orphaned-well count (2017 tertiary, stale)

Record

p09-VA-rec-09

State

VA

Category

wells · inventory_baseline

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

VA-ORPHAN-COUNT

Fields

cost

The average cost of plugging and restoring an orphaned well is $50,000.

fee

pay a $50 surcharge to be used for the reclamation of these abandoned wells

known

Virginia has 10 known orphaned wells (wells abandoned prior to 1950).

Evidence

1. known: Virginia has 10 known orphaned wells (wells abandoned prior to 1950).
   https://www.vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SB910_SB911.pdf · search-result snippet, fact sheet · source p09-VA-src-19 · visit p09-VA-visit-19
2. cost: The average cost of plugging and restoring an orphaned well is $50,000.
   https://www.vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SB910_SB911.pdf · search-result snippet, fact sheet · source p09-VA-src-19 · visit p09-VA-visit-19
3. fee: pay a $50 surcharge to be used for the reclamation of these abandoned wells
   https://www.vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SB910_SB911.pdf · search-result snippet, fact sheet · source p09-VA-src-19 · visit p09-VA-visit-19

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-VA. Still missing: current count verify.