--> ABSTRACT: Geology of New Springdale Gas Field in Northeastern Kansas, by Edwind D. Goebel and Verne E. Dow; #91039 (2010)

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Geology of New Springdale Gas Field in Northeastern Kansas

Edwind D. Goebel, Verne E. Dow

The Springdale gas field in Leavenworth County, Kansas, is east of the old McLouth and north of the old Ackerland/Jarbolo fields, both now used for gas storage. Gas production from McLouth sand bodies and the Burgess sand in the Cherokee Group (Pennsylvanian) ranges from 1,350 to 1,400 ft and extends to the nearby Greater Kansas City area. Gas pressures range from 350 to 500 psi and open-flow tests produced up to 675 MCFGD.

Structurally, the better wells are high on the flanks of a paleovalley opening toward the north. This structure is reflected on the erosional surface of the Mississippian rocks below and is preserved in the now-deformed base of the Kansas City Group of rocks.

The Springdale field is only one of several new Pennsylvanian gas fields in Leavenworth, Wyandotte, and Johnson Counties, Kansas, that are currently commercial. These fields serve as a good example of opening a new frontier in an old area.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #91039©1987 AAPG Mid-Continent Section Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma, September 27-29, 1987.