Oil and gas wells in Mcpherson County
6,121 wells — 1.2% of the Kansas register. 6 were plugged at public expense, and 156 sit inactive.
6,121Wells
3200 ftMedian depth
6Plugged by the State
156Inactive
What stands out in Mcpherson County
The operator named on most of these records is Continental Oil CO, on 118 of them (1.9%), ahead of Westgate-greenland Oil CO (111) and George R Hess (76). The oldest well here was completed in 1905 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest reaches 6955 feet — Alfred 1-36h, drilled in 2011.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3200 ft | 3595 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — in Mcpherson County
4,068 of the 6,121 wells in Mcpherson County are classed as plugged and abandoned. 6 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 156 sit on the register as inactive — neither producing nor plugged.
⚠️ Two fields in this register disagree, and we show both rather than pick one: across Kansas, 245,220 wells are classed as plugged but 92,867 of them carry no plugging date, while 26,002 wells carry a date under another class. Here, 1,806 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Who operates in Mcpherson County
| Operator of record | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Continental Oil CO | 118 | 1.9% |
| Westgate-greenland Oil CO | 111 | 1.8% |
| George R Hess | 76 | 1.2% |
| Shell Oil CO | 75 | 1.2% |
| Derby Oil CO | 62 | 1.0% |
| Hess George R | 56 | 0.9% |
| Glickman Oil CO | 54 | 0.9% |
| Lario Oil and Gas CO | 52 | 0.8% |
| Hess, George R | 47 | 0.8% |
| Sinclair Oil & Gas CO | 43 | 0.7% |
| Hess Oil CO | 37 | 0.6% |
| Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | 36 | 0.6% |
| National Associated Petroleum CO | 35 | 0.6% |
| Krehbiel Homer G | 33 | 0.5% |
| Donald C. Slawson | 33 | 0.5% |
| Koehn Alfred D | 30 | 0.5% |
| Greenland Drilling CO | 27 | 0.4% |
| Barbara Oil CO | 27 | 0.4% |
The operator of record is the one the register names. It is not necessarily the one there today, and it is not a judgement on anyone.
Which oil fields
| Field | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1,148 | 18.8% |
| Ritz-canton | 547 | 8.9% |
| Wildcat | 373 | 6.1% |
| Lindsborg | 183 | 3.0% |
| Voshell | 182 | 3.0% |
| Paden | 122 | 2.0% |
| Graber | 121 | 2.0% |
| Welch-bornholdt | 101 | 1.7% |
| Mcpherson | 88 | 1.4% |
| Johnson | 87 | 1.4% |
| Georob | 85 | 1.4% |
| Bitikofer North | 82 | 1.3% |
| Chindberg | 57 | 0.9% |
| Unnamed | 57 | 0.9% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 36 | 0.6% |
| 2010s | 74 | 1.2% |
| 2000s | 73 | 1.2% |
| 1990s | 69 | 1.1% |
| 1980s | 591 | 9.7% |
| 1970s | 577 | 9.4% |
| 1960s | 601 | 9.8% |
| 1950s | 1,090 | 17.8% |
| 1940s | 966 | 15.8% |
An old well on land in Mcpherson County?
6 wells in Mcpherson County were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 6,121 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.
Wells in Mcpherson County
| Lease and well | Operator | Field | Depth (ft) | Year | Plugged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knackstedt 1-expl API 15-113-21243 | Kansas Corporation Commission | Welch-bornholdt | 500 | 1993 | State |
| Unruh 1 API 15-113-00416-0001 | Wayne Troyer | Ritz-canton | 3511 | 1985 | State |
| Hubele 1 API 15-113-20758 | Ted Leroy Fg Melland | Lindsborg | 3465 | 1981 | State |
| Stucky 3 API 15-113-01381 | Arnold Akerson, Etal | Ritz-canton | 3397 | 1963 | State |
| Stucky 1 API 15-113-00212 | Akerson Arnold | Ritz-canton | 3398 | 1959 | State |
| Habiger 'a' 1 API 15-113-01708-0002 | Gps Oil Lease Operations | Unknown | 3436 | — | State |
| Fred Johnson 8 API 15-113-30172-0001 | Eickbush Production Co. LLC | — | 3596 | 2026 | — |
| Cue 29 API 15-113-21414 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 190 | 2025 | — |
| Ct-2 Replacement Rumler 1 API 15-113-21415 | Oneok Ngl Pipeline, LLC | — | 300 | 2025 | — |
| Ct-4 Replacement Rumler 1 API 15-113-21416 | Oneok Ngl Pipeline, LLC | Unknown | 300 | 2025 | — |
| Anderson 'b' 4 API 15-113-01249 | National Associated Petroleum CO | Lively | 2971 | 2024 | — |
| Koehn-shuggar 1 API 15-113-01543-0002 | Koehn, Radell W. and Austin Koehn & Morgan Koehn | — | 2975 | 2024 | — |
| Conway 15a API 15-113-19273-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 242 | 2024 | — |
| Conway 15c API 15-113-21313-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 240 | 2024 | — |
| Conway (station Rect) 10 API 15-113-21277-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 350 | 2024 | — |
| Gratton 6-24 API 15-113-21410 | Koehn, Radell W. and Austin Koehn & Morgan Koehn | Ritz-canton | 3100 | 2024 | — |
| Ct-6 Replacement Rumler 1 API 15-113-21411 | Oneok Ngl Pipeline, LLC | — | 300 | 2024 | — |
| N-18 Replacement Zeller 1 API 15-113-21412 | Oneok Ngl Pipeline, LLC | — | 250 | 2024 | — |
| Kaufman 1 API 15-113-20607-0002 | Premier Oil & Exploration INC | — | 3225 | 2024 | — |
| Cue-truck Loading Rack 24 (1) API 15-113-21302-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 190 | 2024 | — |
| Stucky-holloway 5 API 15-113-00609-0002 | E&e Oil LLC | — | 3653 | 2023 | — |
| Cue 27 API 15-113-21408 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 200 | 2023 | — |
| Cue 28 API 15-113-21409 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 200 | 2023 | — |
| Goering J C 3 API 15-113-04579-0002 | Hess Oil Company | — | 3190 | 2023 | — |
| Dielman 5 API 15-113-20817-0001 | Hess Oil Company | — | 2980 | 2023 | — |
| Conway - C P W 2b/2c API 15-113-21253-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 300 | 2022 | — |
| Conway Station 2a API 15-113-21260-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 315 | 2022 | — |
| Ferm 1 API 15-113-01611-0001 | Casebeer, INC | — | 3433 | 2022 | — |
| Elliott 4 API 15-113-21401 | Krehbiel, Hal Gene and Andrew Logan Krehbiel Dba K-bar Oil LLC | Ritz-canton | 3225 | 2021 | — |
| Cue 12b API 15-113-21404 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 100 | 2021 | — |
| Cue 13a API 15-113-21405 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 100 | 2021 | — |
| Cue 13b API 15-113-21406 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 100 | 2021 | — |
| Cue 12a API 15-113-21403 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 100 | 2021 | — |
| Chs Refinery 1 API 15-113-21396 | Chs Mcpherson Refinery | — | 155 | 2020 | — |
| Chs Refinery 2 API 15-113-21397 | Chs Mcpherson Refinery | — | 155 | 2020 | — |
| Chs Refinery 3 API 15-113-21398 | Chs Mcpherson Refinery | — | 155 | 2020 | — |
| Chs Refinery 4 API 15-113-21399 | Chs Mcpherson Refinery | — | 155 | 2020 | — |
| Chs Refinery 5 API 15-113-21400 | Chs Mcpherson Refinery | — | 155 | 2020 | — |
| Conway - C P W 7-2 API 15-113-21248-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 300 | 2020 | — |
| Conway - C P W 11-w API 15-113-21249-0001 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 300 | 2020 | — |
| Thomas 1 API 15-113-20327-0001 | — | Bitikofer | 2969 | 2019 | — |
| Cue 26 API 15-113-21393 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 190 | 2019 | — |
| Cue 25 API 15-113-21392 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 200 | 2018 | — |
| Lindholm 2 API 15-113-00943-0001 | Casebeer, INC | — | 3463 | 2018 | — |
| Lindholm(was Fagerberg #2) 1 API 15-113-00942-0001 | Casebeer, INC | — | 3468 | 2018 | — |
| Conway 16-2 API 15-113-21385 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 240 | 2017 | — |
| C59487 A 1 API 15-113-21386 | Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, INC | — | 200 | 2017 | — |
| C59487 B 1 API 15-113-21387 | Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, INC | — | 200 | 2017 | — |
| L-507.7 1 API 15-113-21389 | Mid-america Pipeline Company, LLC | — | 300 | 2017 | — |
| Conway West Cue P/l Conway West API 15-113-21381 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 300 | 2016 | — |
| M-20 2 API 15-113-21382 | Mid-america Pipeline Company, LLC | — | 300 | 2016 | — |
| Conway Sub Station New Prose 1 API 15-113-21383 | Oneok Ngl Pipeline, LLC | — | 300 | 2016 | — |
| J A Krehbiel C-1 API 15-113-21374 | Schmidt, Kermit | Voshell | 3420 | 2015 | — |
| Magellan 10 Cpb-82 API 15-113-21377 | Magellan Pipeline Company LP | — | 200 | 2015 | — |
| Magellan 10 Cpb-83 API 15-113-21378 | Magellan Pipeline Company LP | — | 200 | 2015 | — |
| S-13 Mp 13.19 API 15-113-21380 | Mid-america Pipeline Company, LLC | — | 280 | 2015 | — |
| S-8.8 Mp 9.04 API 15-113-21379 | Mid-america Pipeline Company, LLC | — | 280 | 2015 | — |
| Krehbiel 2 API 15-113-21364 | Koehn, Radell W | Ritz-canton | 3765 | 2014 | — |
| F. A. Hetzke 13 API 15-113-21365 | Hess Oil CO | Graber | 3493 | 2014 | — |
| Huxman 17 API 15-113-21366 | Hess Oil CO | Graber | 3485 | 2014 | — |
| Nightingale 2 API 15-113-21367 | Anderson, Kent | Jenday | 3049 | 2014 | — |
| Evans 30-1t API 15-113-21369 | Torchlight Energy Operating, LLC | Lindsborg | 3500 | 2014 | — |
| Toll 30-1t API 15-113-21370 | Torchlight Energy Operating, LLC | Lindsborg | 1348 | 2014 | — |
| Klinkerman 3 API 15-113-21112-0002 | — | — | 3272 | 2014 | — |
| Becker A1 API 15-113-21373 | Scott's Production, LLC | Gypsum Creek | 3538 | 2014 | — |
| Voshell 'd' 1 API 15-113-21356 | Kermit Schmidt | Voshell | 3426 | 2013 | — |
| Priddy 1-25 API 15-113-21320-0001 | Bop West, LLC | Amerson North | 3800 | 2013 | — |
| Lackey 'a' 1 API 15-113-20023-0002 | — | Little Valley | 3958 | 2012 | — |
| Wedel H 1-a API 15-113-21351 | Excel Oil & Gas L.l.c | — | 3423 | 2012 | — |
| Unruh 7 API 15-113-21352 | K & S Oil CO | Canton North | 3360 | 2012 | — |
| Schroeder 3 API 15-113-21353 | Loewen Operator, INC | — | 2790 | 2012 | — |
| R. W. Koehn 'b' 1 API 15-113-21354 | Radell W. Koehn | Ritz-canton | 3400 | 2012 | — |
| Canton Swd 1 API 15-113-21342 | Orca Operating Company LLC | — | 4000 | 2011 | — |
| Alfred 1-36h API 15-113-21343-0100 | Orca Operating Co. LLC | Bitikofer North | 6955 | 2011 | — |
| Otte 6 API 15-113-21347 | Radell W. Koehn | Ritz-canton | 3391 | 2011 | — |
| Eaton 5 API 15-113-01237-0001 | — | Ritz-canton | 2982 | 2011 | — |
| Landgren 'b' 2 API 15-113-20991-0002 | Ardc INC | Lindsborg | 3650 | 2011 | — |
| Steinbeck 2 API 15-113-01293-0001 | — | — | 2965 | 2011 | — |
| Koehn Trust 1-11 API 15-113-21337 | American Energies Corp | Ritz-canton | 3315 | 2010 | — |
| R. W. Koehn 1 API 15-113-21339 | Radell W. Koehn | Ritz-canton | 3446 | 2010 | — |
| Lewis 2 API 15-113-05740-0001 | — | Ritz-canton | 2990 | 2010 | — |
| Cpb 63 API 15-113-21335 | Groundwater Management District | — | 350 | 2009 | — |
| Conway 1-c API 15-113-21332 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Conway North | 210 | 2008 | — |
| Cpb 61 API 15-113-21329 | Groundwater Management District | Unknown | 350 | 2008 | — |
| Dahlsten 1 API 15-113-21330 | Cmx, INC | Wildcat | 3780 | 2008 | — |
| Landgren 'b' 2 API 15-113-20991-0001 | Ardc INC | Lindsborg | 3590 | 2008 | — |
| Conway Rectifier 13-a API 15-113-21334 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Unknown | 210 | 2008 | — |
| Cue Was Conway 'a' 17 API 15-113-21333 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Conway North | 212 | 2008 | — |
| Vernon Becker 1 API 15-113-20798-0002 | — | Ritz-canton | 3459 | 2008 | — |
| Decker 1 API 15-113-05118-0003 | Loewen Operator, INC | — | 3012 | 2008 | — |
| Landgren 'b' 3 API 15-113-21083-0001 | Ardc INC | Lindsborg | 3650 | 2007 | — |
| Priddy 1-25 API 15-113-21320 | Vincent Oil Corp | Wildcat | 3800 | 2007 | — |
| Conway 17-a API 15-113-21326 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 200 | 2007 | — |
| Conway 5-a API 15-113-21323 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | — | 200 | 2007 | — |
| Conway 8-a API 15-113-21324 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Unknown | 200 | 2007 | — |
| Conway 9-a API 15-113-21325 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Unknown | 200 | 2007 | — |
| Henne 6 API 15-113-21327 | White Hawk Oil Company, Llp | Roxbury | 3580 | 2007 | — |
| Unruh 1 API 15-113-21298 | Range Oil Company, INC | Bitikofer North | 2963 | 2006 | — |
| Ratzlaff 'a' 1 API 15-113-21299 | Range Oil Co., INC | Ritz-canton | 2996 | 2006 | — |
| Farmers Bank 2 API 15-113-01615-0001 | Oil Partners, LLC | Lindsborg | 3630 | 2006 | — |
| A. Armstrong 1 API 15-113-21174-0001 | Diversified Land & Expl | Unknown | 3080 | 2006 | — |
| Crowthers 4 API 15-113-21303 | White Hawk Oil Company, A General Partnership | Crowther | 3740 | 2006 | — |
| Sidney Johnson Trust 2 API 15-113-19093-0001 | Relative Energy, INC | Lindsborg | 3433 | 2006 | — |
| Conway 'c' 12 API 15-113-21312 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Unknown | 208 | 2006 | — |
| Conway 15-c API 15-113-21313 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Unknown | 200 | 2006 | — |
| Conway 'a' 18 API 15-113-21315 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Unknown | 205 | 2006 | — |
| Unruh 'b' 4 API 15-113-21318 | K-bar Oil CO | Ritz-canton | 3050 | 2006 | — |
| Miller 1 API 15-113-20421-0002 | — | Ritz-canton | 3452 | 2006 | — |
| Klinkerman 3 API 15-113-21112-0001 | Charles Jones | — | 3272 | 2006 | — |
| Ratzlaff 1 API 15-113-21296 | Range Oil Company, INC | Ritz-canton | 2993 | 2005 | — |
| Nelson 1 API 15-113-21176-0001 | Relative Energy, INC | Lindsborg | 3430 | 2005 | — |
| Cue-truck Loading Rack 1 API 15-113-21302 | Mid-continent Fractionation and Storage LLC | Unknown | 190 | 2005 | — |
| Lovett 'b' 1 API 15-113-21234-0001 | Te-pe Oil and Gas | Ritz-canton | 2984 | 2005 | — |
| Chloride Recovery 1 API 15-113-21289 | National Cooperative Refinery Assn | Mcpherson | 4391 | 2004 | — |
| Koehn 2 API 15-113-20946-0001 | Edwards Oil Properties | Ritz-canton | 3882 | 2004 | — |
| Hetzke, A 3 API 15-113-21292 | Hess Oil CO | Graber | 3475 | 2004 | — |
| German 'v' 1 API 15-113-21294 | Cat Energy, LLC | Ritz-canton | 3450 | 2004 | — |
| Wanieta Penner 1 API 15-113-21295 | Cat Energy, LLC | Elyria | 3597 | 2004 | — |
| Wiens 3 API 15-113-21288-0001 | Kodiak Petroleum | Unknown | 3453 | 2003 | — |
| Ilene Peterson 4 API 15-113-21287 | Ocfiw Oil Company, INC | Little Valley | 3460 | 2002 | — |
| Wiens 3 API 15-113-21288 | Kodiak Petroleum, INC | Little Valley | 3450 | 2002 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 10 API 15-113-21277 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 350 | 2000 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 11-b API 15-113-21278 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 350 | 2000 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 19-n API 15-113-21279 | — | Unknown | 350 | 2000 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 19-s API 15-113-21280 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 350 | 2000 | — |
| Eaton 9 API 15-113-02404-0002 | Te-pe Oil & Gas Company | Ritz-canton | 2964 | 2000 | — |
| Nightingale 1 API 15-113-02009-0001 | Kent Anderson | Jenday | 2976 | 1999 | — |
| Rect N-7-5 API 15-113-21275 | — | Toni-mike Northeast | 250 | 1999 | — |
| Stuckey 7 API 15-113-21270 | — | Voshell | 3449 | 1998 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 4-b API 15-113-21271 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 350 | 1998 | — |
| Huxman 16 API 15-113-21268 | Hess Oil CO | Graber | 3460 | 1997 | — |
| Schrag 1 API 15-113-21266 | Bonneville Fuels Corp | Wildcat | 0 | 1997 | — |
| Stucky 2 API 15-113-20009-0001 | — | Ritz-canton | 3443 | 1997 | — |
| Kaufman 2 API 15-113-20070-0001 | — | Winsinger | 3415 | 1997 | — |
| Kaufman 2 API 15-113-20070-0002 | Ocfiw Oil Co., INC | Winsinger South | 3420 | 1997 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 'a' 2 API 15-113-21260 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 350 | 1996 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 17 API 15-113-21263 | Mid-america Pipeline CO | Unknown | 350 | 1996 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 6 API 15-113-21264 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 350 | 1996 | — |
| Conway Station Rectifier 9 API 15-113-21262 | Mid-america Pipeline CO | Unknown | 350 | 1996 | — |
| R. I. Mccurdy 9 API 15-113-21258 | Jaed Prod | Voshell | 3500 | 1995 | — |
| Sadey 2 API 15-113-21256 | Hess Oil | Ritz-canton | 3000 | 1995 | — |
| Conway - C P W 12-e API 15-113-21247 | Mid-america Pipeline CO | Unknown | 300 | 1994 | — |
| Conway - C P W 7-2 API 15-113-21248 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 300 | 1994 | — |
| Conway - C P W 11-w API 15-113-21249 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 300 | 1994 | — |
| Conway - C P W 8-2 API 15-113-21250 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 300 | 1994 | — |
| Conway 15-1 API 15-113-21252 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 300 | 1994 | — |
| Conway 2-c API 15-113-21253 | Mid-america Pipeline Company | Unknown | 300 | 1994 | — |
| Johnson 'b' 2 API 15-113-01351-0001 | — | Johnson | 3153 | 1993 | — |
| Akerson 5 API 15-113-90556 | Hess Oil CO | Ritz-canton | 2968 | 1993 | — |
| Hamilton 2 API 15-113-21240 | P & M Bandy Irvcbl Trst | Ritz-canton | 3510 | 1992 | — |
By class in Mcpherson County
- Plugged and Abandoned — Mcpherson County 4,068
- Producing — Mcpherson County 505
- Well Drilled — Mcpherson County 233
Counties with a comparable register
- Graham 9,074
- Ness 8,076
- Linn 8,039
- Barber 7,830
- Sumner 6,984
- Labette 6,854
- Bourbon 6,337
- Coffey 5,842
- Johnson 5,389
- Pratt 5,320
- Trego 5,065
- Kingman 4,988
- Crawford 4,943
Neighbours by the size of their register, not a ranking: the list slides with the county, so each of the 82 county pages is reachable from the others. All of them.