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Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2006-31


Fiscal Year 2006 Kansas Oil & Gas Production by Operator

by
Timothy R. Carr
Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas

KGS 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.

This report is also available as an Acrobat PDF file.

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 Corp. 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 Corp. 616,456
7 McCoy Petroleum Corp. 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 Herman L. Loeb 400,025
13 John O. Farmer, 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 Corp. 272,815

Table 2--Gas Production from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006

Ranking Operator Name Production
(mcf)
1 BP America Production Co. 60,167,938
2 ExxonMobil Oil Corp 46,834,093
3 Oxy USA, Inc. 42,161,999
4 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 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 Co. 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 Co., LTD 3,874,507
14 Oil Producers Inc. of Kansas 3,442,463
15 McCoy Petroleum Corp. 3,421,649
16 Woolsey Operating Co., 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

Appendix 1

MS Excel file of Oil Operators (ZIP archive)

Appendix 1

MS Excel file of Gas Operators (ZIP archive)


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Last Modified December 2006
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