Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2000-2
Horizontal Drilling in Kansas: Current Status and Case Histories
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Conclusions--Currently a Mixed Bag of Successes and Failures

• Atokan Group--McClouth--Best PIF: 5.5
• Mississippian--Osage--Best PIF: 5.3 to 3.1
• Mississippian--St. Louis--Best PIF: 3.1
• Cherokee Group--Bevier Coal--Best PIF: 3.4
• Mississippian--Spergen-Warsaw--Best PIF: 2.2

• Marmaton Group--Peru--Best PIF: .58
• Chase Group--Best PIF: .89

• All Reservoirs w/ Low BHP & Kh Perform Poorly
  • Chase Group, Marmaton, Peru, some Mississippian
• All Reservoirs w/ High Rcrvy. Eff. Perform Poorly
  • Arbuckle, some Mississippian
    

Many Good Candidates not yet Tested

• Thin Beds in Lansing-Kansas City
• EOR in Multiple Reservoirs
• SAG-D Thermal in Cherokee Sands of SE Kansas
• Attic Oil in Large Structures (Ordv. and Miss.)
• High BHP, Low Kh of Fractured Miss of SC Kansas

Kansas Geological Survey, Petroleum Research Section
Updated January 2000
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