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EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
By John H. Morrison, III
Independent Oil and Gas Service
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(1) Castelli Exploration Finals Comanche Ste-
pout (IOGsi Weekly News 4/21/03) - Castelli
Exploration, Inc, of Oklahoma City (OK), has
successfully completed a Mississippian gas well in
the Ham Field in Comanche County, and expanded
production in the field nearly three-quarters mile
to the northwest of previous recognized boundaries.
Located in approximately C E/2 SE NW in section
21-T33s-R16W, the Dorsey Trust #2 is flowing 400
Mcf gas daily, no water. Pay comes from perfora-
tions shot at four holes per foot between 4960 to
4966 ft. Dale Padgett, wellsite geologist, called the
top of the Mississippian formation at 4953 (-3125
KB). The well is drilled to a total depth of 5005 ft.
by loggers measurements. Duke Drilling was drilling
contractor. The Dorsey Trust #2 lies about 7-1/4
miles south and 13-3/4 miles east of Coldwater,
Kansas.
(2) Rupe Oil Company Tests Discovery
(IOGsi Weekly News 5/12/03) - Rupe Oil Company,
Wichita (KS), has taken a State Test at their recent
new Empire pool opener in Ellsworth County. The
Kanopolis Federal #1-21, located in approximately
SW SE in section 21-T16s-R7W, has gauged a One-
Point Calculated Open Flow rate of 655 Mcf gas
daily with some water. Test was conducted through a
56/64th inch orifice registering a flowing tubing
pressure of 287 psi. The well has been completed
for an initial flow potential of 350 Mcf gas per day
with pay coming from perforations in the first Tarkio
Sand in the Grandhaven member of the Wabaunsee
Group from 1723 to 1727 ft. James C. Musgrove,
wellsite geologist, called the log top of the first Tar-
kio Sand at 1723 (-197 KB). Total depth of the well
is 2392 ft. The new Kanopolis Federal discovery
establishes production in an area about 1-1/2 miles
south of gas production in the Kanak Field which
Rupe also discovered. Rupe's Kanak #1 was dually
completed in 1973 for 410 Mcf gas daily from Chase
perforations at 1089 to 1099 ft., as well as 800 Mcf
gas daily from the Grandhaven at 1769 to 1786 ft.
Admire sand gas was added to the field's resources
in 1979. Field area is located about 4-1/2 miles south
and 2-3/4 miles east of the town of Kanopolis, Kan-
sas.
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