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Oil and Gas Well Statistics for Kansas Counties


Updated: December 1, 2023

County Total Oil
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Oil & Gas
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Gas
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CBM
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P&A
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D&A
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Service
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Current
UIC forms
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Intents
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Oil, Gas
(no dates)
Remainder
(total-*)
Allen 21,191 3,282 25 296 47 5,496 1,788 3,157 1,068 74 2,695 7,026
Anderson 12,524 2,396 142 21 1 3,119 1,048 2,502 778 32 1,747 3,263
Atchison 163 6 1 10 0 34 67 4 0 0 8 41
Barber 7,886 824 893 613 0 2,301 2,349 440 173 17 27 449
Barton 18,014 2,923 13 88 0 6,461 6,513 1,293 408 12 67 711
Bourbon 6,591 1,141 5 178 20 1,029 810 775 379 75 652 2,558
Brown 145 22 1 0 0 15 67 5 2 10 0 25
Butler 17,167 2,283 5 57 0 6,564 4,312 1,314 342 7 334 2,625
Chase 1,475 80 36 288 0 300 437 54 23 0 31 280
Chautauqua 15,020 2,303 28 346 47 4,199 1,960 1,287 409 37 1,537 4,813
Cherokee 1,352 6 0 7 0 10 197 1 0 0 10 1,131
Cheyenne 1,761 154 0 599 0 186 383 33 16 23 15 383
Clark 2,233 135 56 180 0 520 1,023 67 22 2 5 250
Clay 145 20 0 0 0 25 69 4 2 0 4 27
Cloud 94 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 1 67
Coffey 5,955 1,576 3 71 4 663 897 1,113 739 40 497 1,588
Comanche 2,362 195 185 310 0 549 770 111 62 2 3 240
Cowley 12,878 1,905 41 224 0 3,965 4,417 884 236 6 108 1,436
Crawford 5,710 660 9 117 0 1,152 480 704 271 18 1,318 2,570
Decatur 1,980 289 0 0 0 397 995 167 49 1 6 131
Dickinson 642 51 1 0 0 135 331 23 6 0 4 101
Doniphan 80 0 0 0 0 4 40 2 0 0 13 34
Douglas 3,061 493 1 28 0 537 378 502 179 15 186 1,107
Edwards 2,590 245 97 144 0 979 874 94 30 1 2 156
Elk 5,064 636 12 130 22 1,328 1,016 414 121 0 253 1,506
Ellis 16,015 3,545 4 2 0 4,212 6,047 1,506 568 6 73 693
Ellsworth 3,964 515 1 33 0 1,348 1,396 278 89 2 16 391
Finney 4,471 1,069 9 1,373 0 616 730 311 140 16 53 347
Ford 1,418 171 36 48 0 186 756 57 22 1 4 163
Franklin 11,145 2,148 17 153 1 2,077 826 1,648 792 153 2,357 4,122
Geary 152 16 0 0 0 14 86 2 2 0 6 34
Gove 3,063 643 2 0 0 468 1,531 200 92 2 5 217
Graham 9,114 1,593 0 0 0 2,102 3,966 945 244 10 56 498
Grant 2,888 126 7 1,949 0 250 226 69 29 8 16 253
Gray 602 97 1 32 0 81 311 21 11 3 2 56
Greeley 1,032 70 2 189 0 225 376 45 19 2 2 123
Greenwood 14,646 2,275 13 41 0 4,419 2,839 1,677 416 5 795 3,377
Hamilton 1,352 5 7 413 0 418 227 103 26 6 5 173
Harper 3,428 426 293 165 0 923 1,165 251 106 0 5 205
Harvey 2,370 298 5 52 0 762 900 182 36 0 7 171
Haskell 4,056 1,018 121 1,224 0 644 430 308 159 17 17 294
Hodgeman 3,017 434 1 29 0 519 1,615 203 84 4 12 212
Jackson 185 29 1 0 0 42 78 12 3 0 5 23
Jefferson 1,063 143 74 71 0 204 232 17 3 2 66 320
Jewell 23 1 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 7
Johnson 6,092 1,205 8 335 4 1,083 699 1,045 651 30 198 1,683
Kearny 3,077 200 8 1,897 0 293 310 112 54 8 21 249
Kingman 5,162 495 327 450 0 1,306 1,968 305 94 0 18 311
Kiowa 2,952 290 98 157 0 863 1,129 123 43 0 8 292
Labette 7,476 650 134 460 560 1,209 1,044 339 85 3 1,621 3,077
Lane 3,211 632 0 0 0 527 1,707 210 97 3 5 132
Leavenworth 1,995 380 70 221 0 242 451 57 32 2 180 572
Lincoln 108 1 0 2 0 1 47 0 0 0 0 57
Linn 8,824 1,393 17 250 0 1,884 715 1,519 600 44 1,513 3,002
Logan 1,891 514 0 1 0 227 907 103 55 8 5 131
Lyon 1,290 186 1 1 0 279 564 94 19 1 21 164
McPherson 6,653 913 15 95 0 2,438 1,646 605 127 0 83 941
Marion 5,163 506 104 138 0 1,970 1,786 277 78 0 51 382
Marshall 107 1 0 3 0 1 70 0 0 2 1 30
Meade 2,623 179 96 343 0 628 942 97 48 12 7 326
Miami 17,856 2,712 27 281 16 3,867 1,459 2,939 1,104 94 3,362 6,461
Mitchell 77 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 1 40
Montgomery 23,423 2,477 102 865 1,242 6,925 1,790 2,053 500 21 2,446 7,948
Morris 1,137 125 2 47 0 343 436 67 23 0 9 117
Morton 4,166 270 46 1,583 0 829 684 298 81 3 14 453
Nemaha 395 63 0 0 0 92 152 36 11 2 12 50
Neosho 16,082 1,077 9 240 1,238 5,348 1,656 1,667 229 12 1,126 4,835
Ness 7,965 1,649 1 8 0 1,519 3,816 486 233 23 14 463
Norton 1,507 212 1 0 0 323 781 76 29 3 10 111
Osage 194 12 0 4 0 15 91 5 3 0 1 67
Osborne 689 157 0 0 0 60 378 33 19 2 0 59
Ottawa 64 1 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 36
Pawnee 3,892 298 35 143 0 1,377 1,592 224 47 8 4 215
Phillips 2,064 487 0 1 0 650 530 277 87 0 17 119
Pottawatomie 195 14 1 0 0 4 114 4 1 0 3 58
Pratt 5,493 762 185 113 0 1,733 1,840 368 86 6 35 486
Rawlins 1,819 396 0 0 0 344 796 168 55 6 12 109
Reno 4,972 536 64 118 0 1,621 1,431 362 93 6 11 834
Republic 42 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 37
Rice 10,889 1,473 15 95 0 4,841 3,062 751 182 3 63 649
Riley 267 58 0 0 0 38 97 6 5 1 7 67
Rooks 10,164 2,293 3 2 0 2,591 3,688 1,040 369 8 59 539
Rush 3,586 289 3 92 0 931 1,860 190 64 4 9 217
Russell 14,001 3,033 2 32 0 4,855 3,535 1,876 543 2 95 666
Saline 1,652 177 0 0 0 609 552 205 31 0 2 109
Scott 1,705 444 0 16 0 264 731 105 45 5 2 140
Sedgwick 5,011 550 6 5 0 1,434 2,118 345 53 0 14 553
Seward 3,858 407 118 1,264 0 806 749 194 81 5 16 315
Shawnee 130 0 0 0 0 1 30 0 0 0 1 99
Sheridan 2,163 235 0 1 0 346 1,292 147 47 4 5 138
Sherman 757 17 3 261 0 58 160 7 1 2 5 249
Smith 57 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 1 25
Stafford 11,699 1,992 51 91 0 3,759 4,555 775 236 8 25 468
Stanton 1,937 138 24 859 0 262 465 54 18 1 16 134
Stevens 4,743 277 39 2,728 0 545 457 116 42 1 13 580
Sumner 7,305 1,074 35 192 0 1,888 3,123 497 174 1 37 495
Thomas 1,333 251 0 0 0 183 735 77 31 2 2 85
Trego 5,062 926 0 2 0 1,207 2,260 405 130 0 16 262
Wabaunsee 699 88 1 2 0 64 360 54 16 4 10 126
Wallace 561 91 4 33 0 67 264 23 11 0 2 79
Washington 106 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 9 0 80
Wichita 452 99 0 8 0 64 241 13 5 1 3 26
Wilson 13,427 1,434 91 519 1,423 3,092 1,390 1,031 339 22 964 4,425
Woodson 15,890 4,085 23 51 12 2,297 1,663 2,107 985 64 4,104 5,588
Wyandotte 258 6 2 38 0 50 50 0 0 0 24 112

Notes on methods

For all counts, wells with missing lease names are not counted, as they tend to be junk.

After the first Total column, the next four columns count wells with a status of "OIL", "O&G", "GAS", or "CBM" where they have at least one date (spud, completed, plug) that is not NULL. The next column counts wells with a status of "OIL-P&A", or "O&G-P&A", "GAS-P&A", or "CBM-P&A". The "-P&A" flag means the well was completed successfully but has since been plugged.

The next column counts wells with a status of "D&A". After that is a column that counts all of these wells: "CATH", "EOR", "SWD", "WATER", "INJ", "CATH-P&A", "EOR-P&A", "SWD-P&A", "WATER-P&A", "INJ-P&A". The "Intents" column is wells that have an intent to drill filed but no other activity has occurred.

"Current UIC forms" column is a count of wells where a 2016 Annual Report on Fluid Injection and Enhanced Recovery form has been filed. More info on UIC forms can be found here. Authoritative data on injection wells should be received from the Kansas Corporation Commission.

After that is a column of wells flagged as oil, gas, etc., but they have no spud, completion, or plug dates. Finally, the Remainder column is the difference between the total number of wells and the columns flagged with red asterisk.


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