Wichita Well Sample Library
Sample Box Recovery
Please Note: Continuing efforts by Library staff to locate sample boxes have identified sample boxes missing from the rotary cuttings collection. Your assistance in the return of boxes is appreciated.
Mission
The Wichita Well Sample Library, Kansas Geological Survey, shall:
- collect and preserve samples of the Kansas rock record for research and exploration,
- maintain retail sales for geologic, hydrologic, paleontologic, stratigraphic, geochemical, geophysics and mineral economics publications, maps, and software published by the Survey,
- make available to the public geological, hydrological and other natural resource information about Kansas, and
- promote and participate in research and technology transfers.
Services
Sample Examination--In cooperation with oil and gas operators the Library has preserved over 136,000 well samples for research or exploration use.
Well drilling samples may be examined at the Library, checked out, or shipped directly to you. Please refer to the Service Fee section for fee details. Microscopes and a black light are available for use at the Library. To search the well sample collection go to http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Magellan/Cuttings/index.html. In addition, a single large file listing all of our holdings is available.
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Sample Preservation Activity
- Distribution of well samples preserved
- Samples processed per month
- 2009 Sample Preservation Activities (Acrobat PDF)
Service and Fee Schedule
Effective July 1, 2009
1) Sample Processing Fee--Sample interval means from the beginning depth of the sample below land surface to the ending depth of the sample below land surface. An adjustment will be allowed for continuous sample skips that are equal to or greater than 10 percent of the total sample interval.
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- Regular Sample Set--Samples are clean, dry and placed in properly and legibly labeled sample bags that are grouped by sample depth and the Request to Preserve Formation Samples or Drill Cuttings form is complete and legible.
- Irregular Sample Set--Samples are dirty, wet or placed in incorrectly or illegibly labeled samples bags that are loose and disorganized or the Request to Preserve Formation Samples or Drill Cuttings form is incomplete, illegible or missing.
- Duplicate Sample Set--Operator requests an additional sample set.
- Confidential Sample Set--Operator requests confidential status from the Kansas Corporation Commission.
- Return Original Sample Bags--Operator requests the "sample butts" are saved and returned.
- Prepared Sample Set--Each clean and dry sample in the set is placed in a three inch by five inch, manila envelope with a metal fold top, the sample envelopes sorted or grouped by interval and properly labeled with:
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2) Service Fees
| Retrieve & Replace Sample Box per box | $2.00 |
| Check-out Sample Box per box less than 1 day | $0.00 |
| 2 days to 30 days per box | $5.00 |
| 31 days to 60 days per box | $7.00 |
| 61 days to 90 days per box | $10.00 |
| Overdue Sample Box per box per month | $25.00 |
| Shipping and Handling per box | $2.00 |
| Postage or Freight | Actual |
| Sample Envelope each | $0.10 |
| Library Sample Box each | $1.25 |
| Sample Bag 100 per box | $25.00 |
| Shipping Container each--small | $1.10 |
| Shipping Container each--large | $1.50 |
| Copy per document per side | $0.25 |
| Scan per document per side | $0.50 |
| Fax per document per side | $1.00 |
| Copy, fax, or scan per side larger than 8 1/2" x 11" | $2.00 |
| Lost or Damaged Samples per box | $300.00 |
3) Sample Check-out and Return--The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) reserves the right to limit the maximum number of samples and the time period samples are checked out from the Wichita Well Sample Library (WWSL).
- The maximum number of sample boxes an individual or operator may check-out is 10 boxes.
- Requests or cancellations received after 3:00 PM are considered next workday's business.
- Samples checked out from the WWSL and not picked up after five days are returned to the sample library and charged the appropriate service fees.
- All samples checked out:
- must be returned to the WWSL, within 90 days of the check-out date,
- samples not returned to the WWSL within 90 days of check-out date are overdue, and
- special provisions, acceptable to the KGS, must be made in advance of check-out, if a longer period of time is required for sample examination or more than 10 sample boxes are requested.
- An individual or operator shall either:
- be charged a fee for sample boxes that are either lost or damaged, or
- provide the WWSL replacement samples, acceptable to KGS, for any samples that are lost or damaged, and
- damaged means more than twenty-five percent of the samples in the box are unusable for examination.
4) Fee Schedule Exceptions--Except for postage, freight, or lost or damaged samples service fees are waived for:
- graduate and under-graduate students,
- enrolled in an accredited college or university,
- performing required course assignments or post-graduate research,
- provides a valid student identification, and
- provides contact information for either the course instructor or post-graduate research advisor,
- research that is either academically published or leading to academic publication, and
- at the discretion of the Manager of Wichita Operations KGS when appropriate.
5) Effective Date--The effective date for the service and fee schedule is 12:01 am, July 1, 2009.
Sample Submission Form
- Microsoft Word version
- Acrobat PDF version
- Updated June 24, 2008
Information Services
The Wichita Well Sample Library provides information and services to the public on energy, water, geology, and geophysics research and educational programs of the Kansas Geological Survey. The library is open to the public.
Public information circulars are free of charge (list available online). Published reports and maps may be purchased. Out-of-print reports and maps may be used at the Library and are not for circulation. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
Staff is available to answer questions and make referrals, locate publications and maps, conduct literature searches, assist patrons in the use of library resources, and on-line resources for energy research, oil and gas production, groundwater levels, and GeoKansas.
Hours of Operation
Open 8:00 A. M. through 5:00 P. M. Monday through Friday
Closed--Noon to 1 P.M. and State holidays
Location
Jan. 19, 2010
Please Note: Roof construction activities begin today at WWSL. The parking lot on the east side of the facility will be closed to staff and the public during construction. Please use street parking along Monroe and Florence streets.
KGS Well Sample Library
4150 Monroe Street
Wichita, Kansas 67209
(316) 943-2343
Fax (316) 943-1261
Mike Dealy, Manager Wichita Operations
E-mail wwsl@kgs.ku.edu
