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API 15067206930000 · Grant County, Kansas · BIG BOW field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 2003-05-13
API
15067206930000
Operator
BP America Production Company
County
Grant
Field
BIG BOW
Location
Spudded
1987-10-09
Completed
1989-01-15
Plugged
2003-05-13
Measured depth
6,750 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 83 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | — | 1,725 | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,145 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,308 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,330 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,330 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,352 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,357 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,374 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,398 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,429 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,459 | 2,494 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,522 | 2,553 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,567 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,578 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,598 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 2,615 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 2,615 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 2,638 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 2,666 | — | 1 |
| B1_SH | 2,679 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 2,696 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 2,708 | — | 1 |
| B2_SH | 2,713 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 2,722 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 2,730 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 2,744 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 2,752 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 2,765 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 2,770 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 2,776 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 2,790 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 2,816 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 2,856 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 2,874 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 2,908 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 2,926 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 2,950 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 2,964 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,018 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,056–3,096 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,138 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,220 | — | 1 |
| Red Shale Bed | 3,325 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,392 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,408 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,408 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 3,805 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 3,826 | — | 1 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 3,858 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 3,906 | — | 1 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,098 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,147 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,160 | — | 1 |
| Dennis Limestone Formation | 4,282 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,329 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,338 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,374 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,390 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 4,428 | — | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | 4,431 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 4,442–4,464 | — | 2 |
| Marmaton Group | 4,480 | — | 1 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 4,521 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 4,634 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 4,660 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 4,686 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 4,686 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 4,686 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 4,946 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Shale Bed | 5,046 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,168–5,426 | — | 2 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,168 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,494 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 5,494 | — | 1 |
| Meramecian Stage | 5,582 | — | 1 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 5,582 | — | 1 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 5,612–5,770 | — | 3 |
| Salem Limestone Formation | 5,888 | — | 1 |
| Warsaw Formation | 6,016 | — | 1 |
| Osagean Stage | 6,283 | — | 1 |
| Kinderhookian Stage | 6,414 | — | 1 |
| Viola Limestone Formation | 6,534 | — | 2 |
| Arbuckle Group | 6,630 | — | 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. 4 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.502449, -101.519161
37.50245, -101.51916 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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