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API 15175209240001 · Seward County, Kansas · IRIS field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1992-02-10
API
15175209240001
Operator
Shannon Energy Corporation
County
Seward
Field
IRIS
Location
Spudded
1987-07-20
Completed
1987-08-04
Plugged
1992-02-10
Measured depth
6,150 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 84 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Formation | 2,075 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,598 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,633 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,633 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,666 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,674 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,674–2,730 | — | 2 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,715 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,779 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,800 | 2,858 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,862 | 2,922 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,928 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,960 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,978 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 3,005–3,010 | — | 2 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 3,010 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 3,016 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,076 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,083 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 3,105 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,110 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 3,130 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,140 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,159 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,165 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,202 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,205 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,254 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,296 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,366 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,380 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,442 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,452 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 3,492 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 3,500 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,538 | — | 2 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,684 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,693 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,818 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,892 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,892 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,324–4,336 | — | 2 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,346–4,348 | — | 2 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 4,404 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,476 | — | 3 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,704–4,770 | — | 2 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,745 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,769 | 4,786 | 1 |
| Cherryvale Shale Formation | 4,833 | — | 1 |
| Dennis Limestone Formation | 4,850 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,944 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,956 | — | 2 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 5,018 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 5,026–5,027 | — | 2 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 5,066 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 5,120 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,130 | — | 3 |
| Novinger Limestone Bed | 5,203 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 5,206 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,254–5,256 | — | 2 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,300–5,328 | — | 2 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,300 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,328 | — | 2 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 5,384 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Limestone Bed | 5,464 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 5,464 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Shale Bed | 5,516 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,646–5,754 | — | 3 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,647 | — | 1 |
| Keyes Sandstone Bed | 5,739 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone C Bed | 5,756 | 5,771 | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone B Bed | 5,770–5,771 | 5,831 | 2 |
| Mississippian System | 5,770–5,771 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,771 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone A Bed | 5,831–5,840 | 5,960 | 2 |
| Chesteran Sandstone Upper Bed | 5,870 | — | 1 |
| Meramec Group | 5,926 | — | 1 |
| Meramecian Stage | 5,926–5,958 | — | 2 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 5,926–5,958 | — | 2 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 6,041–6,116 | — | 5 |
| Chesteran Zone D Bed | — | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Sandstone Bed | — | — | 1 |
| Salem Limestone Formation | — | — | 1 |
| Stone Corral Formation | — | — | 3 |
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. 15 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.120239, -100.668927
37.12024, -100.66893 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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