well was drilled in mid-April to a rotary total depth
of 6780 ft. First production was started on May
21, 2004. Hole has been plugged-back to a depth of
6722 ft. Val Energy served as contractor. The well
was drilled about 5/8-mile northeast of the one-well
Yesta Field, where the Viola formation tested shows
of oil. Enron Oil & Gas Company completed the
well in January, 1999, but then plugged the well as
non-commercial in April, 1999. No production his-
tory is available. Vess' well is also located 3/4-mile
south of the one-well Old Treaty oil field where Ar-
buckle oil is currently being produced. Vess Oil es-
tablished the Old Treaty Field with the completion of
their Denton A-1, located in approximately SW NW
SW in section 1-T32s-R24W. The well has produced
over 36,000 barrels of oil since it's discovery in
August, 2003. Field area is situated about 5 miles
north and 5-1/2 miles west of Ashland, Kansas.
(4) Pintail Petroleum, LTD Completes Discovery
IOG Weekly News 08/02/04)
Franklin Northwest oil field in Ness County with
the completion of the Dumler-RJ #1-24, spotted in
approximately SE NE NE NW in section 24-T19s-
R24W. The 4368 ft. deep wildcat well found oil de-
posits in the Cherokee Sands at an undisclosed
depth. First production began on May 27, 2004 at
site located 3-1/2 miles south and 1/2-mile west of
Ness City, Kansas. The new strike is positioned
about 3/4-mile northwest of known production in
the multipay Franklin Field where the Marmaton,
Cherokee and Mississippian zones have all produced
some oil. No production results have been released
by operator.
(5) Downing-Nelson Produces 80 BOPD at Trego
Wildcat IOG Weekly News 08/23/04)
Hays (KS), is pumping between 70 to 80 barrels of
oil per day at the L & T Dairy #1-3, located in ap-
proximately NW NE SW in section 3-T14s-R21W in
Trego County. The wildcat well was drilled to an
estimated 4000 ft. total depth and found crude oil
deposits in the Lansing-Kansas limestones of the "C"
and "I" zones at undisclosed depths. Discovery site
lies 5/8-mile east of producing wells in the Kuppetz
oil field that has produced oil from the LKC,
Marmaton and Arbuckle formations since 1965.
Downing-Nelson's new oil field remains unnamed at
this time. Site is located 4-1/2 miles south and
4-1/4 miles west of Ellis, Kansas.
eries IOG Weekly News 08/23/04)
new oil fields in western Kansas. First, new
Lansing-Kansas City oil reserves have been found
at a wildcat well in Norton County, about 2-1/2
miles south and 6-1/2 miles east of the town of
Lenora in north-central Kansas, near the Graham
County line. The Goeken #1-35D, located in
approximately C S/2 S/2 SE in section 35-T5s-
R23W, was placed on production on July 3, 2004 at
an undisclosed rate. Murfin Drilling tools were used
to drill the well to a total depth of 3955 ft. The
well lies nearly one mile northwest of the Kemper
Field in Graham County, which Ritchie also
established in 1989. The Kemper Field has made
nearly 100,000 barrels of oil from the LKC
formation. Ritchie's new field is named Norham
East. Elsewhere, in Scott County, the Froebe #1-
13D has been completed in the Cherokee and John-
son Zones for an unknown amount of oil production.
The Manning Townsite Northeast pool opener is
drilled to a total depth of 4608 ft. at location in
approximately NE NW SE in section 13-T17s-
R31W. L. D. Drilling served as contractor. First oil
sales were commenced on May 25,2004 at site lo-
cated 1-1/2 miles south and 3-3/4 miles west of
Healy, Kansas. The new reserves lie 1-1/4 miles
northeast of the Manning Townsite Field, where the
Marmaton and Cherokee formations have produced
over 100,000 barrels of oil since 1985. Top of the
Cherokee formation is around 4500 ft.
(7) Mull Drilling Company Opens New Oil Field
IOG Weekly News 08/23/04)
West oil field in Ness County with the successful
completion of the Janke #1-5 well. Spotted in
approximately N/2 NE of section 5-T18s-R22W, the
4266 ft. deep wildcat well is producing an unknown
amount of crude oil from perforations in the
Cherokee Sand formation as of June 7, 2004. Well
site is located about 1-1/2 miles west of the Ries
Field, where the Mississippian formation has given
up oil. Closest known Cherokee oil production in
the vicinity is found 1-1/2 miles to the north of
the Janke lease in the Happy Hollow Field, where
pay comes from a depth between 4200 to 4230 ft.
The new oil field is located 3-3/4 miles north and
2-3/4 miles east of Ransom, Kansas.