BEFORT 'B' 1
API 15051201330000 · Ellis County, Kansas · DECHANT WEST field
Converted to EOR WellPlugged 1986-06-01
API
15051201330000
Operator
unavailable
County
Ellis
Field
DECHANT WEST
Location
Spudded
1967-10-16
Completed
1967-10-27
Plugged
1986-06-01
Measured depth
3,667 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 10 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,258–1,286 | — | 2 |
| Wellington Formation | 1,437 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 1,628 | 1,888 | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,041 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,038 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 3,314 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 3,334 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 3,359 | — | 1 |
| Kansas City Group | 3,603 | — | 1 |
| Arbuckle Group | 3,657 | — | 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
38.784774, -99.382086
38.78477, -99.38209 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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