The discovery of the Alameda field in Kingman County, Kansas, has bolstered the spirits of all seekers of Ordovician oil in Kansas. Knowing that a field of this magnitude remained undiscovered in an area where core-drill and seismic crews have come and gone during past years, its discovery has provided hope for Mid-Continent explorationists.

Most production in Alameda field comes from the Middle Ordovician Viola-Simpson. This zone produces at 36 locations. Many wells are dually completed within the Kansas City Limestone. Some wells are also completed in the Mississippian. Forty-acre spacing permits daily allowables of 44 barrels. Kansas City Limestone daily allowables average 37 barrels.

The Alameda structure is located on a northwest-southeast-striking anticlinal trend in an area of Mississippian thinning. The western side of the structure is bounded by a down-to-the-west normal fault having about 75 ft. of throw.

Alameda owes the major portion of its 35 ft. of closure in the Viola to pre-Pennsylvanian folding. Early pre-Mississippian structure was probably present at the time of folding. Some structural growth occurred during Pennsylvanian and Permian time.

The Viola-Simpson pool discovery was drilled by Stelbar Oil Corporation, with Texaco Inc. support, as a result of subsurface and seismic work.

Recovery, to date, is in excess of 1,780,000 barrels. Ultimate recovery is expected to approach 7,500,000 barrels of oil.

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