Rice County, KS oil and gas wells

Name: Rice County, KS oil and gas wells
Creator: Kansas Geological Survey

10,893 wells: 1,560 active, 8,462 plugged, 6 orphaned, run by 457 operators.

Figures from the Kansas Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-09.

Top operators in Rice

Operator	Active	Wells here
Daystar Petroleum, Inc.	167	250
Rama Operating Co., Inc.	110	175
RJM Company	69	89
Mike Kelso Oil, Inc.	67	100
Northern Natural Gas Co.	61	73
American Warrior, Inc.	47	103
Scheck Oil Operation	44	75
Pauley Oil	37	47
M & D Oil and Gas, LLC	36	44
Lebsack Oil Production Inc.	30	77
Lario Oil & Gas Company	30	36
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.	29	37
Ritchie Exploration, Inc.	25	44
Gilbert-Stewart Operating LLC	20	38
Premier Oil & Exploration Inc	18	26
HG Oil Holdings, LLC	18	24
S & S Oil, L.L.C.	17	20
Russell Oil, Inc.	15	28
Mai Oil Operations, Inc.	15	18
Kahan and Associates, Inc	15	17
R J Operating Co.	14	24
Vamco Operations	14	20
Bear Petroleum, LLC	13	57
Hartman Oil Co., Inc.	13	21
Bruce Oil Company, L.L.C.	12	42

Wells

Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned

Well	API / ID	Status	Type	Operator
NEWKIRK 'A' 1	15-159-01730	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
NEWKIRK 'B' 1	15-159-30273	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
NEWKIRK ABC 'D' 1	15-159-06186-0001	Active	Injection	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
NEWKIRK OWWO 3	15-159-01017-0002	Active	Injection	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
NIELSON 'A' 1	15-159-20784	Active	Oil	Hartman Oil Co., Inc.
NINA JOY 1	15-159-20578	Active	Oil	R J Operating Co.
NOAH RIFE 2	15-159-35376	Drilling	Oil	—
NOLAND 2	15-159-02928-0001	Active	Injection	Krehbiel, Jay
NORMAN CRANDALL 1	15-159-21477	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
NORMAN CRANDALL 2	15-159-21688	Active	Gas	—
NORMAN CRANDALL 2	15-159-21688-0001	Active	Gas	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
NORTH RIVER 4	15-159-22810-0001	Active	Injection	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
NORTH RIVER 6	15-159-22835	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
NORTH RIVER 7	15-159-22838	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
NORTH RIVER 7	15-159-22838-0001	Active	Disposal	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
NORTH RIVER 8	15-159-22844	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
Neufeld 1-34	15-159-22574	Active	Oil & gas	American Warrior, Inc.
Newkirk ABC 'E' 1	15-159-22521	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
North River 1	15-159-22479	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
North River 1	15-159-22479-0100	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
North River 3	15-159-22790	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
North River 4	15-159-22810	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
North River 5	15-159-22816	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
North River 2	15-159-30263-0001	Active	Oil	Lebsack Oil Production Inc.
Novotny 31-L	15-159-22689	Shut in	Oil	RJ Vision Operating
OBERLE 1	15-159-04715	Active	Oil	Premier Oil & Exploration Inc
OBERLE 1	15-159-04719	Active	Oil	—
OBERLE 2	15-159-19450	Active	Oil	—
OBERLE 2	15-159-20434	Active	Oil	RJM Company
OBERLE 'A' 1	15-159-02320	Active	Oil	Lario Oil & Gas Company
ODEN 2	15-159-21950	Active	Oil	HG Oil Holdings, LLC
ODEN 'A' 1	1056636167	Permitted	Unknown	—
ODEN, WALTER J. 8	15-159-19408	Active	Oil	—
ODESSA 1	15-159-06282-0001	Active	Injection	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
ODESSA 20	15-159-22342	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
ODESSA FIELD GAS UNIT 15	15-159-35178	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
ODESSA FIELD UNIT 19	15-159-20789	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
ODESSA UNIT 11	15-159-06290-0001	Active	Injection	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
ODESSA UNIT 4	15-159-06296-0001	Active	Injection	Coronado Oil & Gas, Inc.
ODESSA UNIT or SIMMS 1 18	15-159-01728	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
OLANDER 1	15-159-20682	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
OLANDER 2	15-159-20710	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
OLANDER 'B' 3	15-159-20344	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
OLANDER 'B' 3	15-159-20344-0001	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
OLANDER 'B' 5	15-159-22256	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
ORTH 1	15-159-21938	Active	Oil	Mike Kelso Oil, Inc.
ORTH-HADDON 1-5	15-159-22576-0001	Active	Injection	Samuel Gary Jr. & Associates, Inc.
ORTH-HADDON 1-5	15-159-22576-0002	Active	Oil	Lario Oil & Gas Company
OTT 1	15-159-19068	Active	Oil	Mai Oil Operations, Inc.
Oberle 1	15-159-04719-0001	Active	Disposal	C & K Oil Company
Orth 2-5	15-159-22559	Active	Oil	Lario Oil & Gas Company
Orth 3-5	15-159-22584	Active	Oil	Lario Oil & Gas Company
Orth 4-5	15-159-22606	Active	Oil	Lario Oil & Gas Company
Orth-Haddon 1-5	15-159-22576	Active	Oil	Samuel Gary Jr. & Associates, Inc.
P-W UNIT 1-25	15-159-22896	Active	Oil	Darrah Oil Company, LLC
P. NICKEL 1	15-159-06324	Drilling	Oil	—
P. NICKEL 10	15-159-06332	Drilling	Oil	—
P. O. HUBENETT 1	15-159-05126	Active	Oil	Black, Frank J., Oil Operations, Inc.
P. O. HUBENETT 2	15-159-05126-0001	Active	Disposal	Black, Frank J., Oil Operations, Inc.
P. ROESLER 1	15-159-01674	Drilling	Oil	—
P. ROESLER 3	15-159-01676	Active	Oil	Hartman Oil Co., Inc.
P. ROESLER 5	15-159-01678	Drilling	Oil	—
P. ROESLER 6	15-159-01679	Active	Oil	Hartman Oil Co., Inc.
PALLISTER 3	15-159-20066	Active	Oil	—
PANNING 1	15-159-20215	Active	Oil	—
PANNING 1	15-159-20941	Active	Oil	HG Oil Holdings, LLC
PATTON 6	15-159-05463	Drilling	Oil	—
PATTON 1	15-159-35349	Active	Oil	Ritchie Exploration, Inc.
PATTON 'B' 1	15-159-05321	Active	Oil	—
PATTON 'B' 3	15-159-31198	Active	Oil	—
PATTON 'B' 5	1057202618	Permitted	Unknown	—
PATTON 'C' 1	15-159-19406	Active	Oil	—
PATTON 'C' 2	15-159-19407	Active	Oil	—
PATTON B 5	15-159-05746	Active	Oil	Russell Oil, Inc.
PETERSON 1	15-159-19245	Active	Oil	Premier Oil & Exploration Inc
PETERSON 1	15-159-21658	Shut in	Oil	Kansas Horizon Oil, Inc.
PETERSON 1	15-159-30672	Active	Oil	—
PEVERLEY 1	15-159-21049	Active	Oil	Mike Kelso Oil, Inc.
PEVERLEY 3	15-159-21481-0001	Active	Disposal	Mike Kelso Oil, Inc.
PHINNEY 1	15-159-20932	Active	Oil	Rama Operating Co., Inc.
PICKERILL 'A' 10	15-159-01940	Active	Oil & gas	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
PICKERILL 'A' 11	15-159-01941	Active	Oil	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
PICKERILL W S 8-A	15-159-01938	Drilling	Oil	—
PICKERING 1	15-159-21798	Active	Oil	M & D Oil and Gas, LLC
PIONEER-GARTH 1-23	15-159-22906	Drilling	Oil	Bird Dog Oil, LLC
PLANK 1	15-159-20631	Active	Gas	Daystar Petroleum, Inc.
PLOOG 5	15-159-06429	Active	Oil	—
POLAND 6	15-159-02789	Active	Oil	Mike Kelso Oil, Inc.
POLAND 1	15-159-06213	Active	Oil	—
POLAND 2	15-159-06214	Drilling	Oil	—
POLAND 2-04	15-159-20544	Active	Injection	Northern Natural Gas Co.
POLAND 2-03	15-159-20545	Active	Injection	Northern Natural Gas Co.
POLAND 1	15-159-20593	Active	Gas	—
POLAND 2-07	15-159-20616	Active	Injection	Northern Natural Gas Co.
POLAND 1	15-159-20637	Drilling	Gas	—
PONCE 3	15-159-00315	Active	Oil	Red Hills Energy, LLC
PONCE 1	15-159-05495	Active	Oil	—
PONCE 2	15-159-05496	Active	Oil	Red Hills Energy, LLC
POOL 2-08	15-159-20624	Active	Unknown	Northern Natural Gas Co.
POOL 2-11	15-159-20801	Active	Injection	Northern Natural Gas Co.