Approved Intent to Drill — Elk County

990 of the 4,634 wells on the register in Elk County — 21.4% — carry this class.

What this class means

a notice of intent the Commission approved. It does not mean a well was ever drilled.

Elk County holds 2.7% of the wells in this class statewide, while holding 0.9% of the register overall — so the class is over-represented here.

What stands out among these

The operator named on most of these records is Kansas Energy, on 40 of them (4.0%), ahead of Masek Oil Company (23) and Traverse Corporation (22). The oldest well here was completed in 1955 and the most recent in 1994, and the deepest reaches 2868 feet — Roby 1, drilled in 1979.

Who operated them

An old well on land in Elk County?

0 wells in Elk County were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 990 on the register — the sign that an operator was gone. If you find a well on your land, report it and do not tidy it up: knocking over casing can make you the responsible party. This site reads the register; it does not plug wells. Tell us where and we pass the request to Kansas operators and consultants.

We recommend nobody and we are nobody's agent. We have no arrangement with any firm today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

The wells

Part of a bigger picture: all 4,634 wells in Elk County.

Other groups of a similar size

• Plugged and Abandoned — Scott 1,087
• Plugged and Abandoned — Stevens 1,077
• Producing — Linn 1,074
• Authorized Injection Well — Miami 1,060
• Producing — Morton 1,052
• Authorized Injection Well — Woodson 1,044
• Inactive Well — Chautauqua 964
• Producing — Seward 964
• Producing — Johnson 952
• Producing — Rice 937
• Expired Intent to Drill (C-1) — Franklin 931