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EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
By John H. Morrison, III
Independent Oil and Gas Service
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(1) Ritchie Exploration Establishes New Oil
Field (IOG Weekly News 09/20/04)
- Ritchie
Exploration, Inc., Wichita (KS), has produced
new Cherokee Sand oil reserves at their Ramsey
Trust #1 wildcat well in Scott County. Located
1-3/4 miles north of the city of Grigston, Kan-
sas, in C N/2 S/2 of section 2-T18s-R31W, the
new unnamed pool opener was placed on pump
on July 2, 2004 at an undisclosed rate. Operator
perforated the Johnson Zone member of the
Cherokee formation to recover the oil deposits.
L. D. Drilling was rotary drilling contractor.
They bottomed the well at a total depth of 4600
ft. Ritchie's new oil field lies nearly 1-1/2 miles
southwest of Lansing-Kansas City oil wells in
the Manning Field which lies on the Scott
County / Lane County line in section 1. Missis-
sippian oil is being produced about 1-1/2 miles
to the southwest of the new pool in the Manning
Southwest Field in section 16. Closest Cherokee
production lies over two miles to the northeast
in the now abandoned Danny Field in section
25-T17s-R31W. In 1988, the Brungardt #1 pool
opener produced 120 barrels of oil per day from
the Cherokee at a depth between 4520 to 4538
ft.
(2) IA Operating Opens New Field in Gra-
ham County (IOG Weekly News 09/20/04)
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Wichita-based IA Operating has discovered new
Lansing-Kansas City oil reserves in Graham
County at the Karmen #7-1, located in approxi-
mately W/2 NW/4 in section 7-T9s-R23W. The
wildcat well is producing crude from perfora-
tions in the Lansing-Kansas City limestones.
Daily potential is not available. The well was
put on pump on August 6, 2004. Murfin Drill-
ing's Rig #16 drilled the well to a total depth of
4050 ft. Discovery site is located 3/4-mile west
of known Lansing-Kansas City oil production in
the Jackson Branch Field. Productive zone lies
around 3886 to 3891 ft. in depth at the nearby
producers. IA Operating's new oil field has not
been named to date. Field area is located 3-3/4
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