Oil and gas wells in Russell County
13,770 wells — 2.7% of the Kansas register. 170 were plugged at public expense, and 87 sit inactive.
13,770Wells
3283 ftMedian depth
170Plugged by the State
87Inactive
What stands out in Russell County
The operator named on most of these records is Cities Service Oil CO, on 358 of them (2.6%), ahead of Mai Oil Operations, INC (239) and Skelly Oil CO (231). The oldest well here was completed in 0950 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest reaches 4535 feet — Dumler 1.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3283 ft | 3400 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — in Russell County
8,277 of the 13,770 wells in Russell County are classed as plugged and abandoned. 170 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 87 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, 5,140 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Who operates in Russell County
| Operator of record | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cities Service Oil CO | 358 | 2.6% |
| Mai Oil Operations, INC | 239 | 1.7% |
| Skelly Oil CO | 231 | 1.7% |
| Shields Oil Producers INC | 187 | 1.4% |
| John O. Farmer, INC | 176 | 1.3% |
| Coralena Oil CO | 155 | 1.1% |
| Murfin Drilling CO | 128 | 0.9% |
| Shields Oil Producers, INC | 123 | 0.9% |
| W I Southern, INC | 116 | 0.8% |
| Stanolind Oil & Gas CO | 106 | 0.8% |
| Natl. Coop. Refinery Assoc | 103 | 0.7% |
| Gulf Oil Corp | 91 | 0.7% |
| Berexco LLC | 81 | 0.6% |
| Sohio Petroleum CO | 80 | 0.6% |
| Shields Oil Producers | 80 | 0.6% |
| El Dorado Refining CO | 75 | 0.5% |
| Continental Oil CO | 73 | 0.5% |
| Murfin Drilling Co., INC | 70 | 0.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hall-gurney | 3,185 | 23.1% |
| Trapp | 2,255 | 16.4% |
| Gorham | 2,140 | 15.5% |
| Unknown | 863 | 6.3% |
| Fairport | 788 | 5.7% |
| Wildcat | 613 | 4.5% |
| Russell | 312 | 2.3% |
| Davidson | 151 | 1.1% |
| Driscoll | 141 | 1.0% |
| Wilson Creek | 94 | 0.7% |
| Dubuque | 88 | 0.6% |
| Bunker Hill | 61 | 0.4% |
| Beisel | 53 | 0.4% |
| Nuss | 53 | 0.4% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 103 | 0.7% |
| 2010s | 528 | 3.8% |
| 2000s | 474 | 3.4% |
| 1990s | 390 | 2.8% |
| 1980s | 1,658 | 12.0% |
| 1970s | 1,077 | 7.8% |
| 1960s | 1,538 | 11.2% |
| 1950s | 2,259 | 16.4% |
| 1940s | 2,380 | 17.3% |
An old well on land in Russell County?
170 wells in Russell County were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 13,770 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 Russell County
| Lease and well | Operator | Field | Depth (ft) | Year | Plugged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luerman 6 API 15-167-22938 | Asher Assoc | Hall-gurney | 3350 | 1991 | State |
| Mary Sellens 5 API 15-167-22946 | Prospect O&g | Trapp | 3367 | 1990 | State |
| Bond 1 API 15-167-22327-0001 | Starr F. Schlobohm | Hall-gurney Northeast | 3263 | 1988 | State |
| Solomon Dumler 1 API 15-167-22715 | Yost Oil Operations | Cromwell North | 3475 | 1986 | State |
| Dumler, E 1 API 15-167-22561 | Yost Oil Operations, INC | Hall-gurney Northeast | 2500 | 1985 | State |
| Brown 'b' 6-a API 15-167-22675 | Driscoll Lease Operations, INC | Gorham | 3597 | 1985 | State |
| Brown 'b' 5-a API 15-167-22681 | Driscoll Lease Operations, INC | Gorham | 3399 | 1985 | State |
| Brown 'b' 7-a API 15-167-22686 | Driscoll Lease Operations, INC | Gorham | 3400 | 1985 | State |
| Krug 'b' 2 API 15-167-22254 | Hutchison Oil Operations | Krug | 3337 | 1984 | State |
| Boxberger 1 API 15-167-22317 | Hutchison Oil Operations | Gorham | 3320 | 1984 | State |
| Dumler 11 API 15-167-22457 | Allied Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 2490 | 1984 | State |
| Coady, Mary A 2 API 15-167-22464 | Driscoll Lease Operations, INC | Gorham | 3369 | 1984 | State |
| Witt Test Hole 1 API 15-167-19451 | Kcc Fee Fund Plug | — | 223 | 1984 | State |
| Dietz 4 API 15-167-21734 | Jolly J INC | Trapp | 3340 | 1982 | State |
| Dumler 2 API 15-167-21746 | Yost Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 2516 | 1982 | State |
| Milberger 4 API 15-167-21837 | Barton Oil CO | Gorham | 3330 | 1982 | State |
| Niedenthal 3 API 15-167-21942 | Corie Oil | Gorham | 3325 | 1982 | State |
| Dumler, G 1 API 15-167-21976 | Yost Oil Operations, INC | Hall-gurney | 2468 | 1982 | State |
| Krause 3 API 15-167-21983 | O'hare Energy Corp | Hall-gurney | 3309 | 1982 | State |
| Milberger 5 API 15-167-21995 | Barton Oil CO | Gorham | 3312 | 1982 | State |
| Hoke 'a' 1 API 15-167-22001 | Jason Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 2470 | 1982 | State |
| Olson 1 API 15-167-22019 | Jolly J INC | Gorham | 3339 | 1982 | State |
| Dumler 10 API 15-167-22047 | Jason Oil | Hall-gurney | 2510 | 1982 | State |
| Johnson 1 API 15-167-21694 | Crude Oil Prodctions | Gorham | 545 | 1981 | State |
| Niedenthal 1 API 15-167-21472 | Corie Oil | Gorham | 3280 | 1981 | State |
| Newman 1 API 15-167-21489 | Weilert Enterprises | Mellard | 3107 | 1981 | State |
| Stielow-weilert 2 API 15-167-21492 | Weilert Enterprises | Weilert | 3328 | 1981 | State |
| Dumler 1 API 15-167-21581 | T J W Oil Operations | Hall-gurney | 2520 | 1981 | State |
| Niedenthal 2 API 15-167-21582 | Corie Oil | Gorham | 3300 | 1981 | State |
| Boxberger 1 API 15-167-21401 | Oil Investments LTD | Gorham | 3348 | 1980 | State |
| Krug 1 API 15-167-21407 | Icer Addis Oil Operations | Hall-gurney | 2982 | 1980 | State |
| Stielow-weilert 1 API 15-167-21491 | Weilert Enterprises | Weilert | 3357 | 1980 | State |
| Dortland 'a' 1 API 15-167-21502 | Crude Producers | Gorham | 3310 | 1980 | State |
| Dietz 1 API 15-167-21509 | Jolly J INC | Trapp | 3342 | 1980 | State |
| Johnson 1 API 15-167-21550 | Crude Oil Prod | Gorham | 3333 | 1980 | State |
| Doubrava 2 API 15-167-21566 | Custom Oil | Plymouth Northwest | 3080 | 1980 | State |
| Sellens 4 API 15-167-21246 | J&h Oil | Gorham | 3405 | 1979 | State |
| Eichman 2 API 15-167-19346-0001 | Jay Hutchinson Oil Operations | Unknown | 3232 | 1979 | State |
| Mary Sellens 4 API 15-167-21122 | R.p. Nixon Operations | Trapp | 3393 | 1978 | State |
| Holland 1 API 15-167-21128 | Rains and Williamson Oil Co., INC | Bachman | 3169 | 1978 | State |
| Holland 2 API 15-167-21187 | Rains and Williamson Oil Co., INC | Bachman | 3313 | 1978 | State |
| Krause 2 API 15-167-21221 | Becker Lavern | Hall-gurney | 3290 | 1978 | State |
| Dreher 2 API 15-167-19276-0002 | Weilert Brothers | — | 600 | 1978 | State |
| Smith A 9 API 15-167-20990 | Schmidt A F & Assoc | Gorham | 3250 | 1977 | State |
| Mudd 3 API 15-167-20998 | Corie Oil | Gorham | 3174 | 1977 | State |
| Anchutz 3 API 15-167-01645-0002 | Chrisler, Dale Oil Oper | Russell | 860 | 1977 | State |
| Milberger 2 API 15-167-20183-0001 | Barton Oil CO | Gorham | 3312 | 1976 | State |
| Milberger 1 API 15-167-20856 | Barton Oil CO | Gorham | 3332 | 1976 | State |
| Mudd 1 API 15-167-20898 | Corie Oil CO | Gorham | 3228 | 1976 | State |
| Coady, Mary A 1 API 15-167-20940 | Driscoll Lease Operations, INC | Gorham | 3360 | 1976 | State |
| Mudd 2 API 15-167-20946 | Corie Oil | Gorham | 3215 | 1976 | State |
| Schmidt 1 API 15-167-20748 | Barton Oil CO | Machin | 3130 | 1975 | State |
| Smith A 8 API 15-167-20775 | Schmidt | Gorham | 3263 | 1975 | State |
| Becker 2 API 15-167-20793 | Dreiling Oil, INC | Russell | 3267 | 1975 | State |
| Krause C 1 API 15-167-20182-0001 | Michaelis Leo Oil | Hall-gurney | 3288 | 1975 | State |
| Becker 1 API 15-167-01646-0001 | Dreiling Oil, INC | Russell | 843 | 1975 | State |
| Anschutz 4 API 15-167-01636-0001 | Kcc Fee Fund Plug | — | 640 | 1975 | State |
| Hilgenberg 2 API 15-167-20556 | Jayhawk Oil | Parker South | 3300 | 1973 | State |
| Luerman 2 API 15-167-20510 | Jayhawk Oil | Hall-gurney | 3318 | 1972 | State |
| Anschutz 3 API 15-167-20512 | Jayhawk Oil | Parker South | 3550 | 1972 | State |
| Luerman 3 API 15-167-20519 | Jayhawk Oil | Parker | 3312 | 1972 | State |
| Smith A 6 API 15-167-20540 | Schmidt A F & Assoc | Gorham | 3223 | 1972 | State |
| Hilgenberg 4 API 15-167-20576 | Jayhawk Oil | Parker South | 3300 | 1972 | State |
| Luerman 1 API 15-167-20505 | Jayhawk Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 3306 | 1971 | State |
| Hoke 1 API 15-167-20338 | Phoenix Drlg CO | Hall-gurney | 3200 | 1970 | State |
| Mudd 1 API 15-167-20399 | Barton Oil | Gorham | 3178 | 1970 | State |
| Anschutz 1 API 15-167-19005-0001 | Jayhawk Oil Company | — | 3550 | 1970 | State |
| Ben Rein 13 API 15-167-20136 | Pan American Petroleum Corp | Hall-gurney | 3083 | 1968 | State |
| Speere 1 API 15-167-30297-0001 | R.p. Nixon Operations | Russell Northeast | 3286 | 1968 | State |
| Bell 1 API 15-167-20056 | Not Confirmed | Donovan | 3310 | 1967 | State |
| Deines 2 API 15-167-20081 | Wilhelm Clarence H | Gorham | 3267 | 1967 | State |
| Weimaster 'a' 12-w API 15-167-20099 | Murfin Drilling CO | Hall-gurney | 2400 | 1967 | State |
| Graham 9 Twin API 15-167-19031 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 3254 | 1966 | State |
| Krug 'a' 1 API 15-167-30196 | Jay-bee Oil, INC | Gorham | 3226 | 1966 | State |
| Deines 1 API 15-167-30199 | Wilhelm H, Clarence | Gorham | 3262 | 1966 | State |
| Carrie Chegwidden 1 API 15-167-30054 | S & C Drlg | Davidson | 3258 | 1965 | State |
| Hoke Unit Ii 6 API 15-167-30134 | Cooperative Refining Association | Hall-gurney | 3300 | 1965 | State |
| Graham 7 API 15-167-19032-0001 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 3252 | 1965 | State |
| Atherton 4 API 15-167-02083 | Barton Brothers Oil CO | Gorham | 3316 | 1964 | State |
| Foster 'b' 39-inj API 15-167-04477 | Home Stake Production CO | Gorham | 3307 | 1964 | State |
| Foster 'b' 58-oil API 15-167-19012 | Central Petroleum CO | Gorham | 3301 | 1964 | State |
| Foster 'a' 38-inj API 15-167-04474 | Home Stake Production CO | Gorham | 3287 | 1964 | State |
| Kyner 4 API 15-167-19187 | Glickman Oil CO | Davidson | 3295 | 1964 | State |
| Harbaugh 1 API 15-167-01019 | Muir-thompson | Unknown | 3204 | 1964 | State |
| Shaffer 3 API 15-167-19003 | Terrel Drilling & Producing | Unknown | 3400 | 1962 | State |
| Shaffer 2 API 15-167-05049 | Terrel Producing | Eulert Southwest | 3256 | 1961 | State |
| Sellens 3 API 15-167-06487 | Barton Brothers Oil Producers | Gorham | 3337 | 1961 | State |
| Atherton 3 API 15-167-00512 | Shields Oil Producers, INC | Gorham | 3366 | 1961 | State |
| Solbach 1 API 15-167-19096 | Leben Drilling, INC | Hall-gurney | 3305 | 1959 | State |
| Atherton 'b' 2 API 15-167-04804 | Shields Oil Producers | Gorham | 3560 | 1958 | State |
| Cleeve Miller 2 API 15-167-01849 | Jones, Shelburne, and Farmer, INC | Fairport | 3326 | 1957 | State |
| Crissman 1 API 15-167-05999 | Barton Brothers Oil | Gorham | 3165 | 1957 | State |
| Boxberger 'a' 5 API 15-167-05392 | Icer Addis Oil Operations | Gorham | 3308 | 1956 | State |
| Cleeve Miller 1 API 15-167-01848 | Jones, Shelburne, and Farmer, INC | Fairport | 3300 | 1956 | State |
| Mai 4 API 15-167-02714 | J. W. Braden Drilling CO | Gorham | 3260 | 1955 | State |
| Dumler 7 API 15-167-02193 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 2407 | 1954 | State |
| George Sellens 13 API 15-167-19035 | Cooperative Refining Assoc | Trapp | 3321 | 1954 | State |
| Driscoll 3 API 15-167-19620 | Jerry Driscoll | — | 2380 | 1954 | State |
| Shaffer 6 API 15-167-02251 | The Texas Company | Hall-gurney | 2398 | 1953 | State |
| Dumler 5 API 15-167-02191 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Hall-gurney | 2352 | 1953 | State |
| Ben Rein 10 API 15-167-02779 | Stanolind Oil and Gas CO | Hall-gurney | 2400 | 1953 | State |
| Weimaster 'a' 6 API 15-167-05662 | Murfin Drilling CO | Unknown | 2336 | 1953 | State |
| Hoke 5 API 15-167-02182 | Duke & Wood Drilling CO | Hall-gurney | 2350 | 1953 | State |
| Claussen 4 API 15-167-06232 | Claussen Brothers | Claussen | 2968 | 1952 | State |
| Graham 2 API 15-167-02324 | Lee Phillips | Hall-gurney | 2401 | 1952 | State |
| Michaelis 1 API 15-167-07531 | Derby Oil CO | Trapp | 3550 | 1952 | State |
| Driscoll 1 API 15-167-05656 | Driscoll, Jerry E. Drilling | Hall-gurney | 2355 | 1952 | State |
| Krause 4 API 15-167-03122 | Duke and Wood Drilling | Hall-gurney | 3289 | 1951 | State |
| Krause B 1 API 15-167-03124 | Duke and Wood Drilling | Hall-gurney | 3294 | 1951 | State |
| Krause 1 API 15-167-03119 | Duke and Wood Drilling | Hall-gurney | 3252 | 1950 | State |
| Sellens 3 API 15-167-07719 | Sunray Oil Co., INC | Trapp | 3384 | 1950 | State |
| Ptacek 1 API 15-167-08409 | W. H. Black | Hall-gurney | 3258 | 1950 | State |
| Ptacek 2 API 15-167-19546-0001 | Bhp Oil | Hall-gurney | 3405 | 1950 | State |
| G. Sellens 12 API 15-167-07321 | Cooperative Refining Assoc | Trapp | 3304 | 1949 | State |
| G. Sellens 10 API 15-167-07322 | Cooperative Refining Assoc | Trapp | 3305 | 1949 | State |
| G. Sellens 11 API 15-167-07324 | Cooperative Refining Assoc | Trapp | 3215 | 1949 | State |
| Meharg A1 API 15-167-07277-0001 | — | — | 3590 | 1949 | State |
| Billings 'c' 1 API 15-167-00434 | Stearns & Kissinger | Gorham | 3079 | 1948 | State |
| George Sellens 9 API 15-167-19034 | Coralena Oil CO | Trapp | 3232 | 1946 | State |
| Abbott 'b' 1 API 15-167-39752 | Bennett, H C | Fairport | 3320 | 1946 | State |
| Michaelis 3 API 15-167-07585-0001 | State of Kansas Fee Fund | — | 3510 | 1946 | State |
| Witt A 1 API 15-167-19452-0003 | Soho Petroleum | Unknown | 3300 | 1945 | State |
| Mai 2 API 15-167-02713 | Trapp Oil CO | Gorham | 3277 | 1944 | State |
| Ben Rein 4 API 15-167-06996 | Stanolind Oil and Gas CO | Hall-gurney | 3223 | 1940 | State |
| Ben Rein 5 API 15-167-06997 | Stanolind Oil and Gas CO | Hall-gurney | 3181 | 1940 | State |
| Ben Rein 3 API 15-167-06995 | Stanolind Oil and Gas CO | Hall-gurney | 3028 | 1940 | State |
| G. Sellens 8 API 15-167-07296 | Coralena Oil CO | Trapp | 3302 | 1940 | State |
| M. Sellens 2 API 15-167-07696 | Sinclair Prairie Oil CO | Trapp | 3360 | 1940 | State |
| G. Sellens 6 API 15-167-07302 | Coralena Oil CO | Trapp | 3320 | 1939 | State |
| G. Sellens 5 API 15-167-07325 | Coralena Oil CO | Trapp | 3264 | 1939 | State |
| Landon 4 API 15-167-07770 | J. J. Hall Operating CO | Trapp | 3388 | 1939 | State |
| Michaelis 10 API 15-167-45869 | Darby Petr Corp | Trapp | 3320 | 1938 | State |
| G. Sellens 2 API 15-167-07300 | Coralena Oil CO | Trapp | 3309 | 1937 | State |
| G. Sellens 4 API 15-167-07301 | Coralena Oil CO | Trapp | 3299 | 1937 | State |
| Michaelis 5 API 15-167-07537 | Derby Oil CO | Trapp | 3273 | 1937 | State |
| Michaelis 2 API 15-167-07560 | Derby Oil CO | Trapp | 3254 | 1937 | State |
| Foster 'b' 3 API 15-167-19004 | Central Petroleum Company | Gorham | 3304 | 1937 | State |
| Witt, A 3 API 15-167-01670-0001 | Sohio Pet | Gorham | 3315 | 1937 | State |
| G. Sellens 1 API 15-167-01629 | Coralena Oil CO | Trapp | 3065 | 1936 | State |
| Pauline 1 API 15-167-07817 | Phillips Petroleum Corp | Trapp | 3232 | — | State |
| Michaelis 14 API 15-167-07994 | Darby Petroleum Corp | — | 3294 | — | State |
| Michaelis 5 API 15-167-07996 | Darby Petroleum | Trapp | 3304 | — | State |
| Michaelis 1 API 15-167-08010 | Darby Petroleum Corp | Trapp | 3287 | — | State |
| Michaelis 9 API 15-167-08013 | Darby Petroleum Corp | — | 3308 | — | State |
| Michaelis 8 API 15-167-08015 | Darby Petroleum Corp | — | 3300 | — | State |
| Hall 1 API 15-167-05250 | Lario Oil and Gas CO | Gorham | 3242 | — | State |
| Ks Department of Transportation API 15-167-70025 | State of Kansas | — | 230 | — | State |
| Weimaster N API 15-167-19027 | — | — | 247 | — | State |
| Weimaster S API 15-167-19028 | — | — | 219 | — | State |
| Weimaster M API 15-167-19029 | — | — | 50 | — | State |
By class in Russell County
- Authorized Injection Well — Russell County 504
- Converted to EOR Well — Russell County 461
- Converted to SWD Well — Russell County 269
- Plugged and Abandoned — Russell County 8,266
- Producing — Russell County 1,806
- Recompleted — Russell County 492
- Well Drilled — Russell County 349
Counties with a comparable register
- Barton 17,844
- Miami 17,245
- Ellis 15,913
- Woodson 15,807
- Neosho 15,453
- Butler 15,077
- Chautauqua 14,371
- Greenwood 13,046
- Wilson 12,772
- Anderson 12,692
- Cowley 11,511
- Stafford 11,492
- Franklin 10,641
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.