Oil and Gas Well Statistics for Kansas
Updated: July 2, 2008
| New Wells Drilled | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New oil wells drilled | 1,431 | 1,517 | 287 |
| New gas wells drilled | 1,952 | 1,610 | 404 |
| Dry holes drilled | 698 | 675 | 227 |
| Service wells drilled | 235 | 318 | 49 |
| Suspended wells drilled | |||
| Total New Wells Drilled | 4,326 | 4,127 | 967 |
| Total New Footage Drilled | 11,254,450 | 10,900,008 | 2,725,191 |
| Coalbed methane well permits issued |
62 | 50 | 235 |
| Coalbed methane wells drilled |
1,514 | 1,162 | 218 |
| Number of wells (as of update date) |
|
|---|---|
| Total Producing oil wells | 51,700 |
| Total Producing gas wells | 22,181 |
| Total Producing coalbed methane wells | 5,924 |
Notes on methods
Oil wells are those with a well status of "OIL", "O&G", "OIL-P&A", or "O&G-P&A". Gas wells are those with a well status of "GAS", "CBM", "GAS-P&A", "CBM-P&A". The "-P&A" flag means the well was completed successfully but has since been plugged. Service wells are those with a well status of "CATH," "EOR," "SWD," or "WATER."
Dry holes are those with a well status of "D&A".
Permitted coalbed methane wells are those for which we have a permit date within the desired year but for which we have no spud date from any year. Wells drilled may have been permitted in a previous year.
We have no information in our database on how an oil well is producing (flowing or artificial lift).
Total wells producing is calculated by adding all the wells with valid completion dates and no plugging dates. Only wells with no workover code are counted, but a certain percentage of older wells are plugged but do not have a plugging date.