RINEHART 1

API 15175000820000 · Seward County, Kansas · KISMET field

Recompleted
API
15175000820000
Operator
Chesapeake Operating, LLC
County
Seward
Field
KISMET
Spudded
1953-10-02
Completed
1953-12-29
Measured depth
6,040 ft

Formation tops

Kansas records 76 formations for this well, shallowest first.

FormationTop (ft)Base (ft)Picks
Blaine Formation8779301
Cedar Hills Sandstone Formation1,0501,1551
Stone Corral Formation1,5401,6001
Wellington Formation2,065—1
Hutchinson Salt Member2,270—1
Chase Group2,627—1
Herington Limestone Member2,627—2
Paddock Shale Member2,642—1
Krider Limestone Member2,650–2,660—2
Odell Shale Formation2,698—1
Winfield Limestone Formation2,708–2,717—2
Gage Shale Member2,757—1
Towanda Limestone Member2,7782,8391
Fort Riley Limestone Member2,8442,8891
Matfield Shale Formation2,937—1
Wreford Limestone Formation2,952—1
Council Grove Group2,975–2,976—2
Speiser Shale Formation2,975—1
Funston Formation2,992—1
Blue Rapids Shale Formation3,045—1
Crouse Limestone Formation3,056—1
Easly Creek Shale Formation3,076—1
Middleburg Limestone Member3,082—1
Hooser Shale Member3,093—1
Eiss Limestone Member3,105—1
Stearns Shale Formation3,120—1
Morrill Limestone Member3,124—1
Florena Shale Member3,160—1
Cottonwood Limestone Member3,163—1
Eskridge Shale Formation3,204—1
Neva Limestone Member3,234—1
Roca Shale Formation3,304—1
Howe Limestone Member3,309—1
Johnson Shale Formation3,360—1
Long Creek Limestone Member3,366—1
Pennsylvanian System3,452—1
Wabaunsee Group3,452—2
Severy Shale Formation3,884—1
Shawnee Group3,905—1
Topeka Limestone Formation3,905—1
Heebner Shale Member4,297—2
Toronto Limestone Member4,316—2
Lansing Group4,436—3
Iola Limestone Formation4,622–4,693—2
Kansas City Group4,672—1
Muncie Creek Shale Member4,672—1
Dewey Limestone Formation4,693–4,738—2
Stark Shale Member4,885–4,889—2
Swope Limestone Formation4,904–4,914—2
Hushpuckney Shale Member4,938—1
Hertha Limestone Formation4,948–4,950—2
Pleasanton Group5,000–5,042—2
Marmaton Group5,064–5,066—2
Altamont Limestone Formation5,088—1
Novinger Limestone Bed5,142–5,1445,1442
Fort Scott Limestone Formation5,185–5,186—2
Little Osage Shale Member5,224—1
Cherokee Group5,226–5,252—2
Excello Shale Member5,250–5,252—2
Verdigris Limestone Member5,300—1
Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed5,560—2
Upper Kearny Member5,560—1
Keyes Sandstone Bed5,575—1
Morrowan A Sandstone Bed5,5845,6021
Chesteran Stage5,629—2
Chesteran Zone D Bed5,629—1
Mississippian System5,629—2
Chesteran Zone C Bed5,640—1
Chesteran Zone B Bed5,657–5,775—2
Chesteran Zone A Bed5,704—1
Chesteran Sandstone Upper Bed5,718—1
Chesteran Sandstone Lower Bed5,750—1
Meramecian Stage5,827–5,858—2
Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation5,827–5,8585,8812
St. Louis Limestone Formation5,884–5,945—3
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. 18 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.

Location

37.189771, -100.673702

37.18977, -100.67370 · Surface location as filed with Kansas

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