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Kansas oil and gas wells

519,691 wells on record: 109,516 active, 287,551 plugged, 6,139 flagged orphaned. Source: Kansas Geological Survey, data as of 2026-10-09.

Top 50 operators by active wells

Wells by county

• Allen 21,912
• Anderson 13,414
• Atchison 174
• Barber 7,920
• Barton 18,148
• Bourbon 6,873
• Brown 141
• Butler 21,207
• Chase 1,558
• Chautauqua 15,469
• Cherokee 1,403
• Cheyenne 1,795
• Clark 2,246
• Clay 148
• Cloud 111
• Coffey 6,316
• Comanche 2,357
• Cowley 13,410
• Crawford 5,969
• Decatur 1,994
• Dickinson 660
• Doniphan 73
• Douglas 3,123
• Edwards 2,556
• Elk 5,457
• Ellis 16,181
• Ellsworth 4,005
• Finney 4,850
• Ford 1,435
• Franklin 11,475
• Geary 154
• Gove 3,145
• Graham 9,162
• Grant 2,956
• Gray 606
• Greeley 1,037
• Greenwood 18,773
• Hamilton 1,434
• Harper 3,428
• Harvey 2,332
• Haskell 4,281
• Hodgeman 3,025
• Jackson 185
• Jefferson 1,110
• Jewell 39
• Johnson 6,210
• Kearny 3,278
• Kingman 5,122
• Kiowa 2,951
• Labette 7,718
• Lane 3,247
• Leavenworth 2,041
• Lincoln 125
• Linn 9,014
• Logan 1,948
• Lyon 1,473
• Marion 5,515
• Marshall 104
• McPherson 6,710
• Meade 2,655
• Miami 18,517
• Mitchell 86
• Montgomery 24,327
• Morris 1,193
• Morton 4,478
• Nemaha 387
• Neosho 17,272
• Ness 8,108
• Norton 1,528
• Osage 203
• Osborne 700
• Ottawa 81
• Pawnee 3,899
• Phillips 2,078
• Pottawatomie 190
• Pratt 5,453
• Rawlins 1,881
• Reno 5,031
• Republic 46
• Rice 10,893
• Riley 269
• Rooks 10,273
• Rush 3,603
• Russell 14,213
• Saline 1,678
• Scott 1,750
• Sedgwick 4,856
• Seward 4,033
• Shawnee 133
• Sheridan 2,194
• Sherman 771
• Smith 61
• Stafford 11,708
• Stanton 2,005
• Stevens 4,896
• Sumner 7,175
• Thomas 1,390
• Trego 5,098
• Wabaunsee 712
• Wallace 575
• Washington 127
• Wichita 467
• Wilson 15,185
• Woodson 17,309
• Wyandotte 653