Kansas Rotary-cutting samples

Rotary-cutting samples are stored at the Wichita Office of the Kansas Geological Survey and are available for inspection or checkout. Please contact the Wichita Office at (316) 943-2343 or Mike Dealy, Manager for Wichita Operations.

In Kansas, Township values vary from 1 in the north to 35 in the south, and the values for Range are from 1-43 West and 1-25 East. Values for Section are 1 to 36. Range Direction is ignored unless a Range value is entered.

Status map

• Distribution of well samples preserved
• Samples processed per month
• 2011 Sample Preservation Activities (Acrobat PDF)

Sample Submission Form

• Microsoft Word version
• Acrobat PDF version
• Updated June 24, 2008

Listing of all holdings

You may also have all the data currently available in one file. The database has records of 139,000 wells and creates a file of around 29 MB. The link below contains the data in a comma-delimited, ASCII file that should be readable by normal spreadsheet or database software. This is a large file at 29 MB. The complete file will not fit into Excel; it is better to use the search page and select just the wells you need.
Hold your right mouse button down when you click on the link and select "Save Link to Disk" from the pop-up menu or the data file will be displayed as a web page. On Macintosh computers, hold your mouse button down and a pop-up menu should appear.

all_cuttings.txt (Updated Feb. 5, 2012)

Sample Processing Fee Schedule. Effective July 1, 2010

The table lists the sample types processed by the Library and the cost per foot for the six sample types. Please refer to the sample type definitions or contact the Wichita Well Sample Library for details.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Duplicate Sample Set--Operator requests an additional sample set. Duplicate sample classification is based on original sample condition.
4. Confidential Sample Set--Operator requests confidential status from the Kansas Corporation Commission.
5. 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 correctly and legibly labeled with:

Company name, Well number and name, API number Spot location, Section, Township and Range, County State, Sample interval, start and end depths feet from land surface, and Any circulation depths and minutes.

KGS Well Sample Library
4150 Monroe Street
Wichita, Kansas 67209
(316) 943-2343
Fax (316) 943-1261
Mike Dealy, Manager Wichita Operations, E-mail mdealy@kgs.ku.edu

Kansas Geological Survey, Cuttings Database
Comments to webadmin@kgs.ku.edu
Program Updated Nov. 21, 2006
Data added periodically.
URL = http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Magellan/Cuttings/index.html