Coal Companies

Corporations

     List of commonly used corporations

Consulting Firms

Drilling Companies

Individual names

Owner

City, County, Town

Military

State of Virginia

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

State of North Carolina

Other Federal Agencies

United States Geological Survey

List of Common Abbreviations

This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by coal mining companies. If the company's name is longer than 15 characters, use the first 15 characters of the company's name.

EXAMPLES

Company Name

Code

Black Widow Coal Company 

BLACK WIDOW COA

Island Creek Coal Company

ISLAND CREEK CO

Westmoreland Coal Company

WESTMORELAND CO

Jewell Smokeless

JEWELL SMOKELES

This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by corporations or companies. Examples for deriving assigner codes for different corporations are listed below. Corporations that commonly assign well names and/or numbers are listed on the following page.

EXAMPLES

Company Name

Code

Allied Chemical

ALLIED CHEM

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH

Appalachian Power Company

APCO

C&O Railroad

C&O RR

H.T.E. Corporation

HTE CORP

Murro Chemical Company

MURRO CHEM CO

Weyerhaeuser, Incorporated

WEYERHAEUSER

W.R. Grace Chemical

WR GRACE CHEM

Xerox

XEROX

This group contains wells that have been named and/or numbered by private consulting firms as part of a project for a client. The first 15 characters of the firms name should be coded in for the assigner component. If parts of the name can be represented by using abbreviations from the common abbreviations list, the code may be shorter than the maximum of 15 characters.

EXAMPLES

Firm Name

Code

Dames & Moore 

DAMES&MOORE

Schnabel Engineering Associates

SCHNABEL ENG

Geo Trans, Incorporated

GEO TRANS INC

Russknow-Kane& Associates

RUSSKNOW-KANE

This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by drilling companies. The appropriate abbreviation for the drilling company can be found in Appendix 2.

EXAMPLES

Company Name

Code

Sydnor Hydrodynamics, Incorporated

SYDNOR HYDRO

Layne-Atlantic

LAYNE-ATLANT

This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by individuals. The name should be coded by using the first 15 characters of the last name. In most cases, the last name will be less than 15 characters. For these situations, code the last name first, followed by the first name, and then the middle name or initial.

EXAMPLES

Name

Code

John E. Rose

ROSE JOHN E

David S. Beach Jr.

BEACH DAVID S

This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by the owner. For this case code in 

This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by a city, county or town. The cities, counties, and towns listed below must be coded this way.

EXAMPLES

Virginia Beach

VA BEACH

Isle of Wight

ISLE OF WIGHT

King and Queen

KING AND QUEEN

Colonial Heights

COLONIAL HGTS

This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by a branch of the military or an organization within the military.

EXAMPLES

U.S. Army

US ARMY

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USACE

U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency

USAEHA

U.S. Air Force

US AIR FORCE

U.S. Coast Guard

US COAST GUARD

U.S. Marine Corps

US MARINES

U.S. Navy

US NAVY

The following is a list of commonly used State of Virginia agencies that assign well names and/or numbers.

EXAMPLES

Virginia Department of Health

VDH

Virginia Department of Highways

HIGHWAYS VA

Virginia Department of Transportation

VDOT

Virginia Department of Corrections

VA CORRECTIONS

Virginia State Police

VA STATE POLICE

Virginia Division of Forestry

VA DIV FORESTRY

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

VDMR

Virginia Tech Extension Service

VPI EXTEN SERV

Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences

VIMS

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

VPI&SU

University of Virginia

UVA

Virginia State University

VSU

College of William and Mary

WILLIAM&MARY

James Madison University

JMU

George Mason University

GMU

Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU

P.D. Camp Community College

P D CAMP COLL

Northern Virginia Community College

NOVA

J. Sargeant Reynolds Comm. College

J SARG REYNOLDS

State Park Service

SPS

The VDEQ has three types of assigner abbreviations:

EXAMPLES

This section contains State of North Carolina agencies that assign well names and/or numbers.

North Carolina Department of Natural and Economic Resources

NCDNR

This section is a partial list of other federal agencies that assign well names and/or numbers.

EXAMPLES

Bureau of Land Reclamation

BLR

Department of Defense

DOD

Department of Energy

DOE

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

US EPA

Fish and Wildlife Service

FISH&WILDLIFE

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.

NOAA

National Aeronautics and Space Admin.

NASA

National Park Service

NPS

The USGS has three types of assigner abbreviations:

EXAMPLES

2

John D. Powell

POWELL J D

2

D.J. Cederstrom

CEDERSTROM

3

Water-Supply Paper 2274

WSP 2274

3

Professional Paper 796

PP  796

3

Water Resources Investigations Report 85-4238

WRIR 85-4238

3

Open-File Report 82-334

OFR 82-334

3

Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-410

HA-410

3

Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1313-D

MIM I-1313-D

3

Annual Water Resources Data Report VA-84-1

AR VA-84-1