Petroleum Research Section, Kansas Geological Survey


Top ten counties for oil production (in barrels) in 1993

Kansas total production for 1993 was 48,361,830 barrels. The production from the top ten counties (22,206,759 barrels) amounted to 45.9% of the state's total. 

     County       bbl        % of total
1.   Ellis     3,325,892        6.9
2.   Finney    2,881,621        6.0
3.   Russell   2,791,097        5.8
4.   Rooks     2,357,332        4.9
5.   Barton    2,111,467        4.4
6.   Ness      1,992,089        4.1
7.   Butler    1,847,366        3.8
8.   Stafford  1,783,444        3.7
9.   Seward    1,668,075        3.4
10.  Graham    1,448,376        3.0

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

     County          bbl
1.   Butler      560,096,766
2.   Barton      504,593,587
3.   Russell     492,690,756
4.   Ellis       439,438,883
5.   Rice        326,830,817
6.   Greenwood   292,207,888
7.   Stafford    247,314,568
8.   Rooks       217,062,850
9.   McPherson   201,390,445
10.  Cowley      172,982,091
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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