The API Number and its use 2009 and Beyond - Oil Information ...
The API Number and its use 2009 and Beyond - Oil Information ...
The API Number and its use 2009 and Beyond - Oil Information ...
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>API</strong> <strong>Number</strong>‐Fundamental ConceptsIts Purpose“… each well (i.e. hole-in-the-ground)be uniquely identified ……<strong>its</strong> sole purpose is to uniquely identify theIn every area we work we observe drilled that well. 15‐20%of the drilled wellbores were never uniquelyrecognized with <strong>API</strong>_12 numbers.This is one of the significant problems to successfuldata integration with the <strong>API</strong> number –missingwellbores make it very difficult.(there are solutions)