Petroleum Research Section, Kansas Geological Survey


Top ten counties for gas production (in million cubic feet) in 1993

Kansas total production for 1993 was 679,553,636 MCF. The production from the top ten counties (613,972,824 MCF) amounted to 90.3% of the state's total. 

     County        MCF        % of total
1.   Stevens   148,847,312       21.9
2.   Grant     111,905,007       16.5
3.   Kearny     87,808,203       12.9
4.   Morton     60,804,491        8.9
5.   Finney     47,915,273        7.1
6.   Haskell    46,244,859        6.9
7.   Seward     42,955,225        6.3
8.   Stanton    42,674,212        6.3
9.   Hamilton   13,327,235        2.0
10.  Barber     11,491,007        1.7

Top ten counties for all-time production (in MCF)

     County           MCF
1.   Stevens     7,027,159,498
2.   Grant       5,311,470,787
3.   Kearny      3,605,454,146
4.   Morton      2,925,702,235
5.   Finney      1,907,478,108
6.   Haskell     1,804,391,579
7.   Seward      1,396,568,990
8.   Barber      1,313,434,024
9.   Stanton     1,243,203,892
10.  Kingman       732,674,649
Also check out an interactive map of Kansas displaying oil and gas production for each county (through 1993).

These data are adapted from the work of Douglas L. Beene, Kansas Geological Survey.

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