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Mellard Field
General Information


Mellard Field Oil & Gas Data

General Field Information

Produces Oil: Yes Produces Gas: No
Geologic Province: Northeast Flank of the Central Kansas Uplift
Exploration Method: Seismic in conjunction with subsurface geology
Oldest Formation Penetrated: Arbuckle
Drilling Casing Practices: Typical drilling procedure requires approximately 700' of 8 5/8" surface casing often coupled with 75' of 13 3/8" conductor pipe. (Most well sites are located in the Saline River Bottom floodway in an area where the Dakota flows.) From there we would drill into each pay zone and drillstem test them separately, later setting 4 1/2" production casing l' off bottom. Pays were stimulated by perforating selected zones as indicated by DST recoveries and logging characteristics. Average acid treatment is 500 gallons of 28% NE.
Electric Logging Practices: Radiation Guard Log
Comments: Estimated Primary Recovery: 922,767 BO Enhanced Recovery: Peripheral-type water injection Estimated Utimate Recovery: 1,117,827 BO

Discovery Well(s)

Discovery Date Well Name Available Well Data Oil Production Gas Production LAS File Viewer with Core Data Plots Core Image Core Data Table
04 FEB 1964 MELLARD 1
No Gas Production No Digital LAS Files No Core Images No Core Data
Well Location: C NW SE 18-T12S-R14W
Rotary Total Depth: 2827
Production Zone:
Initial Oil Potential: 118 BOPD
Initial Formation Pressure: 570
Perforations: 2817'-2820' (30' zone) - 12 holes
Treatments: AC 1500 SWB 12 BFPH/3 HRS 60% OIL
Comments: Bottom Hole Pressure: 575 - 560
Data Source: KOGF, Vol. V

Summary Production Information

Field Size: 800 acres
Total Wells: 31
Productive Oil Wells: 14 as of May 2024
Abandoned Wells: 11
Cumulative Oil: 1,228,476.86 bbls as of May 2024

Producing Formation:


LANS.-K.C.
(Lansing - Kansas City Supergroup)


Depth Top: 2788 feet
Geological Age: Pennsylvanian
Depositional Environment: The Melland Pool is located on the northeast flank of the Central Kansas Uplift. Structurally, the field is situated on a northwest-southeast trending anticline encompassing approximately 320 acres. The principal trapping mechanism is structural with stratigraphic variations within the lower producing zones. This feature is of relatively high relief (55' west dip) compared to surrounding LKC pools. The aspect of a high anhydrite combined with thinning of isopach values from Anhydrite to LKC seems apparent over the productive area. It is this interval of thinning that was detected accurately by seismic, leading to the discovery of this field.
Formation Lithology: Cream-light tan fine crystalline dense limestone usually with poor pinpoint trace vugular porosity.
Trap Type: Combination structural / stratigraphic

LANS.-K.C. (Lansing - Kansas City Supergroup)
Oil & Gas Production Information

Produces Oil: Yes
Proven Production: 320 acres Production Well Spacing: 20 acres

LANS.-K.C. (Lansing - Kansas City Supergroup)
Oil Chemistry

Oil Color: Black %
Average Oil API Gravity: 40.3

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