API: American Petroleum Institute well identification
number.
COUNTY: County that well is located in.
PERMIT: State of Nevada permit number. Only issued for
wells drilled since 1954.
OPERATOR: Name of operator that drilled the well or current
operator of a producing or injection well.
WELL: Well name.
SECTION: Section number.
TOWNSHIP: Township number with letter designating either
north(N) or south(S) township.
RANGE: Range number with letter designating east(E) range.
PARTSECT: Quarter section location information.
DISTFROMLI:Distance in feet from section line.
PERMIT_ISS:Date that State drilling permit was issued.
COMPL_DATE:Date well was completed.
STATUS Current well status.
TD: Total depth of well in feet.
ELEVATION: Elevation of well in feet.
TD_NUMERIC:Total depth of well, in feet, in a numeric
field.
TOPS: Depth, in feet, to geologic tops, significant
geologic units, markers, or lithology.
AL_BOT: Depth to bottom of alluvium, 99999 = no data.
LOGS: List of lithology and electric logs, with interval
logged in feet, housed at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology Information office.
SAMPLES: List of cuttings and core intervals housed at the
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Information office.
SHOW: Indication of oil, gas, or excessive water shows.
OIL_FIELD: Field name for production or injection well in
established field. REMARKS: General
information about a well, drilling problems, missing
records, initial production figures, questions or
clarifications about data contained in the above fields,
etc.
APROX_UTMN:Approximate UTM northing location, zone 11, NAD
27, meters
APROX_UTME:Approximate UTM easting location, zone 11, NAD
27, meters Nevada
Remarks: General comments field truncated to 254 charcters.
Plot_Sym: Modified set of data from the show field used to plot oil and gas show symbols on Map 162.
Oil and Gas Well Database field Abbreviations
STATUS TESTS - Abandoned DST - Drill Stem Test
P & A - Plugged and Abandoned PT - Production Test
Conf. - Confidential
D & A - Drilled and Abandoned LOGS
J & A - Junked and Abandoned
NYD - Not Yet Drilled BHCS - Bore Hole Comp. Sonic
Cal - Caliper
CNL - Compensated Neutron Log
AGES CN - Compensated Neutron
DI - Dual Induction Log
Prec. - Precambrian DIL - Dual Induction Laterolog
Pal. - Paleozoic DLL - Dual Laterolog
Mes. - Mesozoic DM - Dipmeter
Cen. - Cenozoic ES - Electric Log
Camb. - Cambrian IES - Induction Electric Log
Ord. - Ordovician FDL - Formation Density Log
Sil. - Silurian FDC - Comp. Formation Density
Dev. - Devonian FIL - Fracture Indication Log
Miss. - Mississippian FIL - Fracture Ident. Log
Penn. - Pennsylvanian GR - Gamma Ray
Perm. - Permian LL - Laterolog
Tri. - Triassic ML - Microlog/Minilog
Jur. - Jurassic MLL - Microlaterolog
Cret. - Cretaceous N - Neutron
Tert. - Tertiary PL - Proximity
Quat. - Quaternary PML - Proximity Microlog
S - Sonic/Acoustilog
FORMATIONS LSS - Long Spaced Sonic
SNP - Sidewall Porosity Log
SP - Spontaneous Potential
TS - Temperature Survey
CBL - Cement Bond Log
Lithology Formal Informal - feet
Siltstone Sts. sts. BPM - barrels per minute
Shale Sh. sh. DF - derrick floor
Limestone Ls. ls. KB - kelly brushing
Dolomite Dol. dol. TD - total depth
Conglomerate Cgl. cgl. GPM - gallons per minute
Quartzite Qtz. qtz. BWPD - barrels water per day
Volcanics Volc. volc. MCF - thousand cubic feet
Fanglomerate Fgl. fgl. bbls. - barrels
NBMG - Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology