BESS ELWELL 1
API 15015197730000 · Butler County, Kansas · UNKNOWN field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1951-02-06
API
15015197730000
Operator
unavailable
County
Butler
Field
UNKNOWN
Location
Spudded
1951-01-19
Completed
1951-02-06
Plugged
1951-02-06
Measured depth
3,217 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 10 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 1,390 | — |
| Heebner Shale Member | 1,764 | — |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 1,776 | — |
| Oread | — | 1,801 |
| Stalnaker Sand | 2,003 | — |
| Lansing | 2,036 | — |
| Kansas City | 2,334 | 2,535 |
| Mississippi Lime | 2,850 | 3,033 |
| Simpson Sand | 3,104 | — |
| Arbuckle Group | 3,185 | — |
A dash is a formation Kansas records for this well without a depth. In the base column a dash is also a depth Kansas’s sources record differently from one another.
Location
37.700373, -97.090105
37.70037, -97.09010 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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