KESTER 1-18
API 15055211830000 · Finney County, Kansas · CHRISTABELLE field
Producing
API
15055211830000
Operator
Western Plains Resources LLC
County
Finney
Field
CHRISTABELLE
Location
Permit
02-MAR-1993
Spudded
1993-03-15
Completed
1993-04-23
Measured depth
4,970 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 78 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Formation | 1,400 | 1,517 | 1 |
| Blaine Salt Bed | 1,520 | 1,674 | 2 |
| Cedar Hills Sandstone Formation | 1,716 | 1,803 | 1 |
| Stone Corral Formation | 2,069 | 2,162 | 1 |
| Wellington Formation | 2,354 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,449 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,604 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,640 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,640 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,652 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,654 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,664 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,686–2,699 | 2,699 | 2 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,713 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,747 | 2,776 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,794 | 2,840 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,842 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,857 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,879 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 2,898 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 2,898 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 2,922 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 2,945 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 2,966 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 2,974 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 2,990 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 2,998 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,018 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,026 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,048 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,051 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,060 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,070 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,095 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,144 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,167 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,207 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,226 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 3,254 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 3,256 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,282 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,282–3,341 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,376–3,429 | — | 2 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,445 | — | 1 |
| Red Shale Bed | 3,525 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,586 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,594–3,669 | — | 2 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,594 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 3,884 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 3,904 | — | 1 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 3,930 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 3,983 | — | 2 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,091 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,148 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,159 | 4,182 | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,278 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,286 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,328 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,337 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 4,369 | — | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | 4,372 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 4,413 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 4,440–4,464 | — | 2 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 4,473 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 4,505 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 4,540 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 4,558 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 4,577 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 4,577 | — | 1 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 4,612 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Limestone Bed | 4,650 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 4,694 | — | 1 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 4,780 | — | 2 |
| Morrowan B Sandstone Bed | 4,816 | — | 1 |
| Meramecian Stage | 4,834 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 4,834 | — | 1 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 4,834 | — | 1 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 4,896 | — | 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. 5 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
38.227041, -101.101502
38.22704, -101.10150 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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