The API Number and its use 2009 and Beyond - Oil Information ...
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A word on <strong>API</strong>_14 usage – Not a formal part of the <strong>API</strong> <strong>Number</strong>, but<strong>use</strong>d by part of the industry with characters 13-14 to uniquelydescribe operational sequences within a specific wellboreCharacters 13-14 shouldnot be <strong>use</strong>d to uniquelyidentify a wellbore.Hardy <strong>Oil</strong> & GasBlackstone Minerals B-1Jefferson Co., TX42245-32103-0000’0000’ WB OH TD-10000’‘0001’ ST TD – 11137’Where characters 13-14 are<strong>use</strong>d to reference welldeepenings, problems arecreated in the collapsing of<strong>API</strong>_14 to <strong>API</strong>_12 format –i.e. 2 well TDs existrequiring a slightly differentenhanced data model toaccommodate both, or justa loss of data.