KANSAS UNIVERSITY 'A' 3
API 15129209770000 · Morton County, Kansas · KINSLER EAST field
Recompleted
API
15129209770000
Operator
Merit Energy Company, LLC
County
Morton
Field
KINSLER EAST
Location
Spudded
1989-04-26
Completed
1989-09-18
Measured depth
6,250 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 82 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | — | 1,748 | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,220 | — | 1 |
| Wellington Formation | 2,220 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,396 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,432 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,432 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,442 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,444 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,481 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,496–2,500 | — | 3 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,541 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,568 | 2,617 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,624 | 2,668 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,672 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,684 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,705 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 2,722–2,752 | — | 3 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 2,722 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 2,753 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 2,800 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 2,810 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 2,822 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 2,833 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 2,846 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 2,854 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 2,860 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 2,872 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 2,876 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 2,889 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 2,902 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 2,930 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 2,964 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 2,982 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,012 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,032 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 3,048 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 3,066 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,106 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,151–3,215 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,288 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,294 | — | 1 |
| Red Shale Bed | 3,410 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,490 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,497 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,497 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 3,898–3,904 | — | 3 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 3,916 | — | 1 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 3,942 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,012 | — | 3 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,231 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,324 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,331 | — | 1 |
| Dennis Limestone Formation | 4,445 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,518 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,526 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,539 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,555 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 4,603 | — | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | 4,626 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 4,687 | — | 2 |
| Marmaton Group | 4,703 | — | 3 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 4,737 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 4,804 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 4,866 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 4,892 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 4,919 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 4,919 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 5,094 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Shale Bed | 5,260 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,442–5,739 | — | 4 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,442 | — | 1 |
| Morrowan C Sandstone Bed | 5,558 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Sandstone Bed | 5,810–5,818 | — | 3 |
| Lower Morrowan Sandstone Bed | 5,818 | — | 1 |
| Keyes Sandstone Bed | 5,880 | — | 3 |
| Chesteran Zone D Bed | 5,892 | — | 2 |
| Mississippian System | 5,892–5,906 | — | 3 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,906 | — | 1 |
| Meramecian Stage | 5,975 | — | 1 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 5,975–6,009 | — | 3 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 6,094–6,125 | — | 5 |
| Lower Kearny Member | — | — | 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. 9 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.292159, -101.594340
37.29216, -101.59434 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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