KGS--Oil and Gas Wells--Data Saved to File

Directions: The link below contains the data you requested in a comma-delimited, ASCII file that should be readable by normal spreadsheet or database software. Files are deleted after 24 hours. Clicking on the link only opens a text file. Instead,

Right Click the link and select "Save Link As" or "Save Link to Disk" from the pop-up menu.
Save the file to your computer, keeping the extension as .txt
Open Excel or your Database
Select "Open File" and navigate to where you saved your file. Note - in Excel, to find your text (.txt) file, look to the right of the File-Name box for File-Type. Change the type from "All Excel Files" to "All" or "Text." Then you can select and open your file.
Using the Text Import Wizard:

choose "Delimited", then click on "Next."
choose by "Comma" - you’ll see the example data adjusted to columns, then click on "Next."
only if your data includes 2 separate columns for "Lease" & "Well,"" navigate to the "Well" column and change the format to Text; otherwise skip step 3.

Click on "Finish", and your file will open

TOPS DATA: File containing tops data (for wells with tops): tops8604.txt
Tops are derived from various sources and are not necessarily confirmed by the KGS.

MERGING WELL & TOPS DATA: Use the column named KID (a unique ID code) to join the tops table to the wells table.
If there are no tops for these wells, the file will contain only the column headers.

KID	Unique ID assigned by the Survey. Not necessarily permanent.
API_NUMBER	API number assigned by the Kansas Corp. Commission, or from historical records.
API_NUM_NODASH	API number, formatted with no dashes.
LEASE	Lease name.
WELL	Well number.
FIELD	Oil and gas field name
LATITUDE	NAD 1927, generated from the legal location.
LONGITUDE	Some new wells have GPS longitude and latitude.
LONG_LAT_SOURCE	May be calculated from footages, quarter calls, or from GPS.
TOWNSHIP	Public Land Survey System township number, 1-35 in Kansas.
TWN_DIR	Township direction. S (south) or N (north), Always south in Kansas
RANGE	Public Land Survey System range number, 1-43 in west and 1-25 in east.
RANGE_DIR	Range direction. E (east) or W (west).
SECTION	The PLSS section the site is located in: 1-36
SPOT	The legal quarter description qualifiers list as NE, NW, SE, and SW, etc..
FEET_NORTH	Distance in feet north from the reference location, negative is to south.
FEET_EAST	Distance in feet east from the reference location, negative is to west.
FOOT_REF	Corner from which the footages is measured.
ORIG_OPERATOR	Operator of the well at drilling completion. Not usually updated except at workover.
CURR_OPERATOR	Updated operator name; may be newer than original operator but not guaranteed to be the current operator.
ELEVATION	The elevation the well, in feet.
ELEV_REF	KB is Kelly bushing, DF is derrick floor, GL is ground level, TOPO is estimate based on digital model.
DEPTH	Total depth of well, not plugged back.
FORMATION_AT_TOTAL_DEPTH	Formation at total rotary depth.
PRODUCE_FORM	Producing formation typed in from completion form or from lease production data.
IP_OIL	Initial production of oil, barrels.
IP_GAS	Initial production of gas, MCF.
IP_WATER	Initial production of water, barrels.
PERMIT	Permit date.
SPUD	Date of drilling start.
COMPLETION	Date of drilling finish.
PLUGGING	Date well plugged.
MODIFIED	Date this well record was last altered.
OIL_KID	Kansas Geological Survey ID code of the oil production data, in our Lease database.
OIL_DOR_ID	Kansas Dept. of Revenue ID code of the oil production data, in our Lease database.
GAS_KID	Kansas Geological Survey ID code of the gas production data, in our Lease database.
GAS_DOR_ID	Kansas Dept. of Revenue ID code of the gas production data, in our Lease database.
KCC_PERMIT	KCC Permit Number associated with this well.
STATUS	Well status--type of well. Abbreviation list
STATUS2	Additional status info from KCC.
COMMENTS	Information to enhance well data or explain problems.
LEASE_WELL_NAME	Concatenation of lease name and well number.