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Top ten counties for oil production (in barrels) in 2007

Kansas total production for 2007 was 36,576,849 barrels. The production from the top ten counties (17,593,573 barrels) amounted to slightly less then 48% of the state's total, down slightly from 2006.

County bbl % of
total		 2006
Rank
1. Ellis 3,105,832 8.5 1
2. Rooks 1,985,246 5.4 2
3. Russell 1,952,703 5.3 3
4. Barton 1,893,865 5.2 5
5. Ness 1,765,393 4.8 4
6. Haskell 1,589,426 4.3 6
7. Graham 1,493,848 4.1 8
8. Finney 1,371,270 3.7 7
9. Stafford 1,369,678 3.7 9
10. Butler 1,066,312 2.9 10

Top ten counties for gas production (in MCF--thousand cubic feet) in 2007

Kansas total production for 2007 was 369,731,213 MCF. The production from the top ten counties (281,526,773 MCF) amounted to 76% of the state's total, down 2% from 2006.

County mcf % of
total		 2006
Rank
1. Stevens 63,206,386 17.1 1
2. Grant 40,372,227 10.9 2
3. Kearny 36,147,625 9.8 3
4. Haskell 26,552,487 7.2 4
5. Seward 23,811,210 6.4 6
6. Finney 23,639,444 6.4 5
7. Morton 23,097,223 6.2 7
8. Wilson 15,309,909 4.1 unranked
9. Barber 15,108,004 4.1 9
10. Stanton 14,282,258 3.9 8
Also check out an interactive map of Kansas displaying oil and gas production for each county.

Top ten fields for oil production (in barrels) in 2007

Kansas total production for 2007 was 36,576,849 barrels. The production from the top ten fields (5,422,663 barrels) amounted to 14.8% of the state's total, down 1% from 2006.

Field bbl % of
total		 2006
Rank
1. Bemis-Shutts 1,035,515 2.8 1
2. Chase-Silica 652,488 1.8 2
3. Trapp 580,234 1.6 6
4. El Dorado 553,828 1.5 5
5. Spivy-Grabs-Basil 528,508 1.4 4
6. Hall-Gurney 474,114 1.3 7
7. Pleasant Prairie 451,439 1.2 8
8. Fairport 424,210 1.2 9
9. Kraft-Prusa 364,130 1.0 unranked
10. Stirrup 358,197 1.0 3

Top ten fields for gas production (in million cubic feet) in 2007

Kansas total production for 2007 was 369,731,213 MCF. The production from the top ten fields (278,677,059 MCF) amounted to 75% of the state's total (down 3% from 2006).

Field MCF % of
total		 2006
Rank
1. Hugoton Gas Area 166,307,148 45.0 1
2. Panoma Gas Area 45,691,835 12.4 2
3. Cherokee Basin Coal Gas Area 33,560,458 9.1 3
4. Spivy-Grabs-Basil 7,714,692 2.1 6
5. Bradshaw Gas Area 7,295,245 2.0 4
6. Greenwood Gas Area 6,781,960 1.8 6
7. Aetna Gas Area 3,179,106 0.9 7
8. Salley 2,907,526 0.8 8
9. Gentzler Southwest 2,856,557 0.8 unranked
10. Glick 2,382,532 0.6 9
Use our Field Database to get more information on oil and gas production from Kansas fields and to view interactive maps of the fields of Kansas.

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Updated April 11, 2007
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