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API 15049205040000 · Elk County, Kansas · LONGTON NORTH field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1998-05-05
API
15049205040000
Operator
Perkins Oil Enterprises, Inc.
County
Elk
Field
LONGTON NORTH
Location
Spudded
1978-05-05
Completed
1979-08-16
Plugged
1998-05-05
Measured depth
1,890 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 37 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing Group | 481 | — | 1 |
| Winterset Limestone Member | 802 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 850 | — | 1 |
| Canville Limestone Member | 852 | 859 | 1 |
| Kansas City Group | 895 | — | 1 |
| Mound Valley Limestone Formation | 896 | 909 | 1 |
| Bethany Falls Limestone Member | 910 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 927 | — | 1 |
| Middle Creek Limestone Member | 935 | 938 | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | — | 991 | 1 |
| Critzer Limestone Member | — | 997 | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | — | 1,001 | 1 |
| Nuyaka Creek Black Shale Bed | — | 1,019 | 1 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 1,170 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 1,231 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 1,250 | — | 1 |
| Summit Coal Bed | 1,255 | — | 1 |
| Blackjack Creek Limestone Member | 1,257 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 1,262–1,268 | — | 2 |
| Mulky Coal Bed | 1,268 | 1,269 | 1 |
| Breezy Hill Limestone Member | — | 1,272 | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 1,280 | — | 1 |
| Squirrel Sandstone Bed | 1,286 | — | 1 |
| Bevier Coal Bed | 1,319 | 1,320 | 1 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 1,331 | — | 1 |
| Oakley Shale Member | 1,332 | — | 1 |
| Croweburg Coal Bed | 1,336 | 1,337 | 1 |
| Fleming Coal Bed | 1,356 | 1,356 | 1 |
| Mineral Coal Bed | 1,370 | 1,370 | 1 |
| Scammon Coal Bed | 1,388 | 1,389 | 1 |
| Tebo Coal Bed | 1,407 | — | 2 |
| Skinner Sandstone Bed | 1,408 | — | 1 |
| Weir-Pittsburg Coal Bed | — | 1,466 | 1 |
| AW_BTM | — | 1,501 | 1 |
| RIVERTON_BTM | — | 1,555 | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 1,558 | — | 2 |
| Arbuckle Group | 1,867 | — | 1 |
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. 1 formation was picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and its range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.431513, -96.072112
37.43151, -96.07211 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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