Kansas Geological Survey

Open File 2006-31

 

Fiscal Year 2006 Kansas Oil & Gas Production by Operator

 

Timothy R. Carr

Kansas Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2006-31

 

Summary

 

Attached are tables showing oil and gas production by operator for the state fiscal year from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006 (FY2006). Tables were generated from relational databases maintained by the Kansas Geological Survey using data supplied by the Kansas Department of Revenue. Given that productive leases are continuously transferred between operators, production for individual operators may not be current.

 

During FY2006, a total of 1,784 operators reported oil production of  34,830,549 barrels, which is up 1.4 million barrels from the 33,450,046 barrels reported in FY2005 (Kansas Open-File report 2005-52, http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/2005/2005-52/index.html). The top 20 operators produced 12,550,343 barrels of oil, and accounted for 36.0% of total production (Table 1). A complete listing of oil production for all operators is provided in Appendix 1.

 

Gas production during FY2006 was reported by 917 operators and totaled 373 billion cubic feet (Bcf), which is down from the 388 Bcf reported in FY2005 (Kansas Open-File report 2005-52, http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/2005/2005-52/index.html). The top 20 operators produced 283 Bcf of gas, and accounted for 75.8% of total production (Table 2). A complete listing of all operators is provided in Appendix 2.

 

Zip of lists of Operators (Appendix 1 and Appendix 2) MS Excel format (xls)

 

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Table 1

OIL PRODUCTION FROM JULY 1, 2005 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2006

Ranking

OPERATOR NAME

PRODUCTION (barrels)

1

Berexco, Inc.

1,631,643

2

Vess Oil Corporation

1,418,384

3

Murfin Drilling Co., Inc.

1,338,818

4

Oxy USA, Inc.

1,121,423

5

American Warrior, Inc.

770,465

6

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

616,456

7

McCoy Petroleum Corporation

557,428

8

Merit Energy Company

546,783

9

Ritchie Exploration, Inc.

474,911

10

Hartman Oil Co., Inc.

449,841

11

Elysium Energy, L.L.C.

432,067

12

Loeb, Herman L.

400,025

13

Farmer, John O., Inc.

389,903

14

Lario Oil & Gas Company

381,345

15

Palomino Petroleum, Inc.

379,095

16

Cimarex Energy Co.

370,535

17

Abercrombie Energy, LLC

351,788

18

Mull Drilling Company, Inc.

336,143

19

Oil Producers Inc. of Kansas

310,475

20

Trans Pacific Oil Corporation

272,815


Table 2

GAS PRODUCTION FROM JULY 1, 2005 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2006

Ranking

OPERATOR NAME

PRODUCTION (mcf)

1

BP America Production Company

60,167,938

2

EXXONMOBIL Oil Corp

46,834,093

3

Oxy USA, Inc.

42,161,999

4

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

28,979,767

5

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.

26,255,821

6

XTO Energy Inc.

10,881,993

7

Cimarex Energy Co.

10,732,209

8

Quest Cherokee, LLC

8,940,943

9

Merit Energy Company

8,297,478

10

Chesapeake Operating, Inc.

6,606,563

11

Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co., LLC

4,925,390

12

Kansas Natural Gas, Inc.

4,424,439

13

Osborn Heirs Company, LTD

3,874,507

14

Oil Producers Inc. of Kansas

3,442,463

15

McCoy Petroleum Corporation

3,421,649

16

Woolsey Operating Company, LLC

3,209,474

17

Berexco, Inc.

3,118,359

18

Horseshoe Operating, Inc.

2,758,509

19

Layne Energy Operating, LLC

2,275,669

20

Dominion Oklahoma Texas Expl & Prod, Inc.

2,081,039

 

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Last Modified December 2006