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API 15175204480000 · Seward County, Kansas · PLAINS WEST field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 2013-11-19
API
15175204480000
Operator
Castelli Exploration, Inc.
County
Seward
Field
PLAINS WEST
Location
Spudded
1980-02-13
Completed
1981-04-15
Plugged
2013-11-19
Measured depth
6,015 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 75 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,657 | 1,713 | 1 |
| Wellington Formation | 2,177 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,360 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,660 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,687–2,688 | — | 3 |
| Chase Group | 2,688 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,709 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,715 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,757 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,768–2,769 | — | 3 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,799 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,812 | 2,872 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,889 | 2,946 | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,963 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,980 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 3,014 | — | 3 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 3,014 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 3,023 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,070 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,080 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 3,099 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,102 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 3,113 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,124 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,132 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,138 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,163 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,168 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,206 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,233 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,295 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,305 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,334 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,340 | — | 1 |
| Pennsylvanian System | 3,420 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,420–3,486 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,568 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,574 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,839 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,846 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,846 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,266 | — | 3 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,283 | — | 3 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 4,339 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,339–4,381 | — | 5 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,550–4,666 | — | 3 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,619 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,659 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,846 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,864 | — | 3 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,886 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,902 | — | 3 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 4,942 | — | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | 4,954 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 4,994 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,014 | — | 3 |
| Novinger Limestone Bed | 5,074 | — | 2 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,136 | — | 3 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,168–5,190 | — | 3 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,169 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,190–5,192 | — | 3 |
| Atoka Shale Bed | 5,451 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 5,502 | — | 2 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,516 | — | 3 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,516 | — | 1 |
| Keyes Sandstone Bed | 5,563 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,572 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone B Bed | 5,572–5,711 | — | 5 |
| Mississippian System | 5,572–5,581 | — | 3 |
| Chesteran Zone A Bed | 5,623–5,645 | — | 3 |
| Chesteran Sandstone Upper Bed | 5,702 | — | 2 |
| Meramecian Stage | 5,736–5,738 | — | 3 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 5,736–5,738 | 5,822 | 3 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 5,828–5,949 | — | 10 |
| 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. 13 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.275358, -100.705343
37.27536, -100.70534 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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