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Westech 4-16 Moreau River

API 4001920068 · Butte County, South Dakota · Wildcat field

Plugged and AbandonedDry Hole-Oil show
API
4001920068
Operator
Westech Engery Corp.
County
Butte
Field
Wildcat
Location
NWNW Sec 16 Twp 013N Rng 08E
Permit
1588

Formation tops

South Dakota records 29 formations for this well, shallowest first.

FormationTop (ft)Age
Eagle Sandstone Member, Pierre Shale870Cretaceous
Shannon Sandstone Member, Pierre Shale1,226Cretaceous
Niobrara Formation1,953Cretaceous
Carlile Shale2,176Cretaceous
Greenhorn Limestone2,599Cretaceous
Mowry Shale3,042Cretaceous
Dakota Mud3,159Cretaceous
Skull Creek Shale3,210Cretaceous
Fall River Sandstone3,453Cretaceous
Lakota Formation3,576Cretaceous
Morrison Formation3,666Jurassic
Sundance Formation3,903Triassic
Piper Formation4,100Triassic
Spearfish Formation4,265Triassic/Permian
Goose Egg Formation4,430Triassic/Permian
Minnekahta Limestone4,669Permian
Opeche Shale4,710Permian
Minnelusa Formation4,812Permian/Pennsylvanian
Charles Formation5,426Mississippian
Mission Canyon Limestone5,648Mississippian
Lodgepole Limestone6,048Mississippian
Three Forks Shale6,448Devonian
Nisku Formation6,486Devonian
Duperow Formation6,512Devonian
Interlake Dolomite6,611Silurian
Stonewall Limestone6,698Silurian/Ordovician
Gunton Member, Stony Mountain Formation6,752Ordovician
Stony Mountain Formation6,797Ordovician
Red River Formation6,829Ordovician

A dash is a formation South Dakota records for this well without a depth.

Completion

South Dakota files 1 completion report for this well.

Vertical Well

Plugged and AbandonedDry Hole-Oil show
Spudded
1996-06-27
Measured depth
7,181 ft
True vertical depth
7,181 ft

Location

45.094270, -103.160846

45.09427, -103.16085 · Surface location as filed with South Dakota

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South Dakota state record, from SD_wells_SDOILexport_Export__wells_Table_4_Web.parquet. Corpus built 2026-09-11.