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Contents
Preface
Chapter I—Historical Outline of the Oil and Gas Industry in Kansas. By Erasmus Haworth
Early development
Southeastern oil and gas fields
Oil and gas in Butler county
El Dorado
Augusta
Other localities
Present condition of the oil and gas industry in Kansas
Chapter II—Previous Geologic Work
Chapter III—Petroleum and Natural Gas
Introduction
Properties of petroleum
Chemical
Physical
Properties of natural gas
Chemical
Physical
Origin of oil and gas
Inorganic hypotheses
Organic hypotheses
Other hypotheses
General conclusion
Chapter IV—General Geology of Oil and Gas
Introduction
Migration of oil and gas
Gravitation
Capillary attraction
Displacement
Gas pressure
Difference in the specific gravities of water, oil and gas
Accumulation of oil and gas
Oil and gas reservoirs
Structural relations of oil and gas
Exploration for oil and gas
Direct indications
Oil seepages
Gas springs
Outcrops of sand impregnated with bitumen
Indirect indications
Chapter V—Production of Oil and Gas
Introduction
Leasing
Location of wells
Drilling for oil and gas
Method of drilling
Casing
Drilling contracts
Cost of drilling
Keeping the log
Shooting the well
Management of wells
Method of recovery
Initial production and decline of oil wells
The handling of oil
Transportation
Fire protection
Refining of petroleum
Refining methods
"Dry" or "cracking" distillation process
Fractional distillation
Vacuum process
Pressure distillation
Petroleum products manufactured in the Midcontinent field
Percentage of gasoline content
Condensation of gasoline from natural gas
Conditions affecting Midcontinent refineries
Chapter VI—General Stratigraphy of Kansas
Formation of the rocks of Kansas
The rock systems of Kansas
Older rocks of the Midcontinent region
Pre-Cambrian
Cambrian and Ordovician
General description
Distribution
Thickness
Lithologic character
Effect on topography
Structure
Subdivisions
Des Moines group
Cherokee shale
Marmaton formation
Fort Scott limestone member
Labette shale member
Pawnee limestone member
Bandera shale member
Altamont limestone member
Walnut shale member
Coffeyville limestone member
Pleasanton shale member
Missouri group
Kansas City formation
Hertha limestone member
Ladore shale member
Bethany Falls limestone member
Galesburg shale member
Winterset limestone member
Cherryvale shale member
Drum limestone member
Chanute shale member
Iola limestone member
Lansing formation
Lane shale member
Plattsburg limestone member
Vilas shale member
Stanton limestone member
Douglas formation
Weston shale member
Iatan limestone member
Lawrence shale member
Oread limestone member
Shawnee formation
Kanwaka shale member
Lecompton limestone member
Tecumseh shale member
Deer Creek limestone member
Calhoun shale member
Topeka limestone member
Severy shale member
Howard limestone member
Scranton shale member
Wabaunsee formation
Burlingame limestone member
Willard shale member
Emporia limestone member
Admire shale member
Americus limestone member
Elmdale shale member
Neva limestone member
Eskridge shale member
General description
Distribution
Thickness
Lithologic character
Faunal character
Subdivisions
Big Blue group
Council Grove formation
Cottonwood limestone member
Garrison limestone and shale member
Chase formation
Wreford limestone member
Matfield shale member
Florence flint member
Fort Riley limestone member
Doyle shale member
Winfield limestone member
Marion formation
Luta limestone member
Enterprise shale member
Herington limestone member
Pearl shale member
Abilene conglomerate member
Wellington formation
Cimarron group
Enid formation
Harper sandstone member
Salt Plain shale member
Cedar Hills sandstone member
Flowerpot shale member
Cave Creek formation
Medicine Lodge gypsum member
Jenkins shale member
Shimer gypsum member
Woodward formation
Dog Creek shale member
Whitehorse sandstone member
Day Creek dolomite member
Greer formation
Hackberry shale member
Big Basin sandstone member
Cheyenne sandstone
Kiowa shale
General description
Distribution
Thickness
Lithologic character
Effect on topography
Structure
Subdivisions
Dakota sandstone
Benton formation
Graneros shale member
Greenhorn limestone member
Carlile shale member
Niobrara formation
Fort Hays limestone member
Smoky Hill chalk member
Pierre shale
Ogalalla formation
Quaternary deposits
Glacial deposits
Pleistocene river deposits
Loess
Alluvium
Sand dunes
Chapter VII—The Crystalline Rocks of Kansas
Introduction
Historical note
Well records
Eastern Kansas
Central Kansas
Wells reporting crystalline rocks
Wells not reporting crystalline rocks
The crystalline rock surface
Petrography of the crystalline rocks
Granite
Kaufman well
Chase county poor-farm well
Zeandale well
Root well
Droll well
Lilly well
Quartz porphyry
Kaufman well
Chlorite schist
Kaufman well
Zeandale well
Interpretation of the crystalline rocks of Kansas
Intrusive origin
Ancient crystalline basement
Age of the crystalline rocks
Geologic history of the crystalline rock area
Archeozoic Era
Proterozoic Era
Paleozoic Era
Cambrian
Ordovician
Silurian and Devonian
Mississippian
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Post-Paleozoic history
Summary
Chapter VIII—The Physical and Chemical Properties of Kansas Petroleums, By W. A. Whitaker, F. W. Campbell and Clarence Estes
Previous work
Present investigation
Methods used
Data obtained in the present investigation
What is gasoline?
Chapter IX—Oil and Gas Production in Kansas
Introduction
Topography
Geology
Structure
Petroleum
Natural gas
Casing head gasoline
County reports
Introduction
Allen county
Anderson county
Atchison county
Barber county
Barton county
Bourbon county
Brown county
Butler county
Chase county
Chautauqua county
Cherokee county
Cheyenne county
Clark county
Clay county
Cloud county
Coffey county
Comanche county
Cowley county
Crawford county
Decatur county
Dickinson county
Doniphan county
Douglas county
Edwards county
Elk county
Ellis county
Ellsworth county
Finney county
Ford county
Franklin county
Geary county
Gove county
Graham county
Grant county
Gray county
Greeley county
Greenwood county
Hamilton county
Harper county
Harvey county
Haskell county
Hodgeman county
Jackson county
Jefferson county
Jewell county
Johnson county
Kearny county
Kingman county
Kiowa county
Labette county
Lane county
Leavenworth county
Lincoln county
Linn county
Logan county
Lyon county
McPherson county
Marion county
Marshall county
Meade county
Miami county
Mitchell county
Montgomery county
Morris county
Morton county
Nemaha county
Neosho county
Ness county
Norton county
Osage county
Osborne county
Ottawa county
Pawnee county
Phillips county
Pottawatomie county
Pratt county
Rawlins county
Reno county
Republic county
Rice county
Riley county
Rooks county
Rush county
Russell county
Saline county
Scott county
Sedgwick county
Seward county
Shawnee county
Sheridan county
Sherman county
Smith county
Stafford county
Stanton county
Stevens county
Sumner county
Thomas county
Trego county
Wabaunsee county
Wallace county
Washington county
Wichita county
Wilson county
Woodson county
Wyandotte county
Appendix A—Form of lease contract
Appendix B—Form of drilling contract
Appendix C—Laws of Kansas relating to oil and gas
Appendix D—Refineries in Kansas
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