Oil and gas wells in Saline County
1,588 wells — 0.3% of the Kansas register. 10 were plugged at public expense, and 17 sit inactive.
1,588Wells
3306 ftMedian depth
10Plugged by the State
17Inactive
What stands out in Saline County
The operator named on most of these records is E. K. Carey Drilling CO, on 28 of them (1.8%), ahead of Westgate-greenland Oil CO (25) and Silver Creek Oil & Gas (25). The oldest well here was completed in 1920 and the most recent in 2025, and the deepest reaches 7854 feet — Pihl 1-33h, drilled in 2015.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3306 ft | 3530 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — in Saline County
1,215 of the 1,588 wells in Saline County are classed as plugged and abandoned. 10 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 17 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, 535 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Who operates in Saline County
| Operator of record | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| E. K. Carey Drilling CO | 28 | 1.8% |
| Westgate-greenland Oil CO | 25 | 1.6% |
| Silver Creek Oil & Gas | 25 | 1.6% |
| Williams F S | 20 | 1.3% |
| Silver Creek O&g | 19 | 1.2% |
| Derby Oil CO | 19 | 1.2% |
| Republic Natural Gas CO | 18 | 1.1% |
| Solar Oil CO | 15 | 0.9% |
| Excalibur Production Co., INC | 15 | 0.9% |
| Range Oil Co., INC | 15 | 0.9% |
| Bop West, LLC | 15 | 0.9% |
| Jones Cal | 14 | 0.9% |
| Deep Rock Oil Corp | 14 | 0.9% |
| Range Oil /ks/ | 14 | 0.9% |
| Musgrove Petroleum Corp | 13 | 0.8% |
| Tom Brown Construction | 13 | 0.8% |
| Cal Jones | 12 | 0.8% |
| Scott's Production, LLC | 12 | 0.8% |
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 | 219 | 13.8% |
| Salina | 203 | 12.8% |
| Smolan | 201 | 12.7% |
| Wildcat | 167 | 10.5% |
| Lindsborg | 139 | 8.8% |
| Olsson | 104 | 6.5% |
| Hunter | 81 | 5.1% |
| Gypsum Creek | 47 | 3.0% |
| Hunter North | 42 | 2.6% |
| Mortimer | 37 | 2.3% |
| Peterson | 34 | 2.1% |
| Pihl | 25 | 1.6% |
| Shultz | 24 | 1.5% |
| Bachofer | 23 | 1.4% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 4 | 0.3% |
| 2010s | 49 | 3.1% |
| 2000s | 6 | 0.4% |
| 1990s | 16 | 1.0% |
| 1980s | 217 | 13.7% |
| 1970s | 71 | 4.5% |
| 1960s | 384 | 24.2% |
| 1950s | 528 | 33.2% |
| 1940s | 157 | 9.9% |
An old well on land in Saline County?
10 wells in Saline County were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 1,588 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 Saline County
| Lease and well | Operator | Field | Depth (ft) | Year | Plugged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyck 1 API 15-169-20277 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 500 | 1985 | State |
| Weisgerber 1 API 15-169-20114 | Wheatland O&g | Shultz | 3415 | 1980 | State |
| Anderson 1 API 15-169-20004-0002 | Iola S Burgraff | — | 5001 | 1968 | State |
| Carlin 1 API 15-169-00047 | Mouser Drilling and Others | Salina | 3505 | 1944 | State |
| Johnson 'e' 1-0 Swdw API 15-169-19015 | Kcc Fee Fund Cntrl #970116 | Unknown | 480 | — | State |
| Faith 1 API 15-169-00783-0001 | Frank J Black | Salina | 3228 | — | State |
| Karber Anna 1 API 15-169-00884-0001 | Wolf Creek Oil CO | — | 1998 | — | State |
| Roesner 1 API 15-169-00092-0002 | Walter J Nelson | — | 3370 | — | State |
| Sandberg/norburg Unit 3 API 15-169-20002-0002 | L & R Oil CO | — | 3524 | — | State |
| Lindquist-peterson Swd API 15-169-19137 | Howard L Krebbs | — | 350 | — | State |
| Martinson 3 API 15-169-20058-0002 | Sims, Terrica | — | 3445 | 2025 | — |
| Dale Johnson 1-c API 15-169-20279-0001 | Sims, Terrica | — | 3600 | 2023 | — |
| Karber Swd-2 API 15-169-20064-0001 | Daystar Petroleum, INC | Gypsum Creek | 3626 | 2021 | — |
| Pihl 1-33h API 15-169-20356-0101 | Sims, Don | — | 7854 | 2018 | — |
| S-30 1 API 15-169-20359 | Mid-america Pipeline Company, LLC | — | 300 | 2016 | — |
| Pihl 1-33h API 15-169-20356-0100 | Mustang Fuel Corporation | Salina | 7854 | 2015 | — |
| Lee Johnson 8 API 15-169-20353 | Scott's Production, LLC | Hunter North | 2696 | 2014 | — |
| Gary Johnson 4 API 15-169-20354 | Scott's Production, LLC | Salina | 3286 | 2014 | — |
| Harbin 3 API 15-169-20355 | Bop West, LLC | Hunter North | 2765 | 2014 | — |
| Miller B-1 API 15-169-30012-0001 | Daystar Petroleum, INC | Mortimer | 2663 | 2013 | — |
| Swisher 8 API 15-169-20347 | Scott's Production, LLC | Hunter North | 2706 | 2013 | — |
| Jolene Stein 6 API 15-169-20348 | Scott's Production, LLC | Gypsum Creek | 2665 | 2013 | — |
| Roger Johnson 3 API 15-169-20349 | Casebeer, INC | Lindsborg | 3451 | 2013 | — |
| Jd Karber 4 API 15-169-20350 | Voigt Oil & Gas Co., INC | Gypsum Creek | 2750 | 2013 | — |
| Swisher, Lyle 2 API 15-169-20329 | Bop West, LLC | Hunter North | 2745 | 2012 | — |
| Heller 1 API 15-169-20332 | Range Oil Co., INC | Hunter | 2741 | 2012 | — |
| Carlin 'a' 1 API 15-169-00967-0001 | Novy Oil & Gas, INC | Mentor | 3280 | 2012 | — |
| Thiel 20-1 API 15-169-20335 | Bop West, LLC | Hunter | 2682 | 2012 | — |
| Swisher 7 API 15-169-20336 | Scott's Production, LLC | — | 2649 | 2012 | — |
| Lee Johnson 7 API 15-169-20337 | Scott's Production, LLC | — | 2682 | 2012 | — |
| Schraeder 1 API 15-169-20339 | Robert Hopkins | Gillberg | 3280 | 2012 | — |
| Roger Johnson 1 API 15-169-20340 | Casebeer, INC | Lindsborg | 3457 | 2012 | — |
| Schraeder Swdw-1 API 15-169-20061-0001 | Robert Hopkins | Gillberg | 3320 | 2012 | — |
| Roger Johnson 2 API 15-169-20282-0001 | Casebeer, INC | Lindsborg | 3478 | 2012 | — |
| Ekstrom 1 API 15-169-30021-0001 | Oil Partners, LLC | — | 2825 | 2012 | — |
| Karber Redden Unit 1 API 15-169-20321 | Bop West, LLC | Wildcat | 2681 | 2011 | — |
| Harbin 1 API 15-169-20323 | Bop West, LLC | Hunter North | 2740 | 2011 | — |
| Lee Johnson 5 API 15-169-20324 | Scott's Production, LLC | Hunter North | 2710 | 2011 | — |
| Lee Johnson 6 API 15-169-20327 | Scott's Production, LLC | — | 2686 | 2011 | — |
| Swisher, Lyle 1 API 15-169-20328 | Bop West, LLC | Hunter North | 2735 | 2011 | — |
| Jd Karber 3 API 15-169-20322 | Voigt Oil & Gas Co., INC | Gypsum Creek | 2655 | 2010 | — |
| Johnson, G 2 API 15-169-20128-0001 | Scott's Well Service INC | Salina | 3225 | 2009 | — |
| Johnson, G 2 API 15-169-20128-0002 | Scott's Well Service | Salina | 3225 | 2009 | — |
| Gerald Karber 1 Twin API 15-169-20284-0001 | Voigt Oil & Gas Co., INC | Gypsum Creek | 2700 | 1991 | — |
| Swanson 5 API 15-169-20304 | Excalibur Prod | Gilmore Northeast | 2655 | 1990 | — |
| Swanson 3 API 15-169-20301 | Excalibur Production Co., INC | Gilmore Northeast | 2660 | 1989 | — |
| Swanson 3 API 15-169-20298 | Excalibur Production Co., INC | Unknown | 2660 | 1989 | — |
| Oborg 4 API 15-169-20178-0001 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 3510 | 1988 | — |
| Morris 'a' 1 API 15-169-20292 | Raymond M Goodin Trust | Lindsborg East | 3488 | 1987 | — |
| Swanson 2 API 15-169-20293 | Excalibur Production Co., INC | Gilmore Northeast | 2680 | 1987 | — |
| Rich 1 API 15-169-20295 | Krehbiel Homer G | Lindsborg East | 3470 | 1987 | — |
| Martinson 3 API 15-169-20058-0001 | Don Sims Oil | Lindsborg | 3445 | 1987 | — |
| Morris 'a' 1 API 15-169-20292-0001 | Excalibur Production Company INC | Lindsborg | 3488 | 1987 | — |
| Morris 'a' 2 API 15-169-01005-0001 | Excalibur Production CO | Unknown | 3556 | 1987 | — |
| Peters 1 API 15-169-20202-0001 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 3556 | 1986 | — |
| Lockstrom 1 API 15-169-20260 | Silver Creek O&g | Lindsborg | 3575 | 1985 | — |
| Holcom 1 API 15-169-20270 | Marmac Petroleum CO | Hunter Northwest | 2707 | 1985 | — |
| Mott 1 API 15-169-20275 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Olsson | 3495 | 1985 | — |
| Johnson 'b' 1 API 15-169-20276 | Silver Creek Oil and Gas | Olsson | 3500 | 1985 | — |
| Dalejohnson 'c' 1 API 15-169-20279 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Olsson | 3600 | 1985 | — |
| Gerald Karber 1 Twin API 15-169-20284 | Voigt Oil & Gas | Gypsum Creek | 2700 | 1985 | — |
| Holcom 2 API 15-169-20191-0001 | Marmac Petroleum CO | Hunter Northwest | 2850 | 1985 | — |
| Smith, J. B 1 API 15-169-20256 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Unknown | 3600 | 1985 | — |
| Currie 2 API 15-169-20273-0001 | Scott's Production, LLC | Gilmore | 2860 | 1985 | — |
| Runbeck 'b' 1 API 15-169-20235 | Silver Creek O&g | Lindsborg | 0 | 1984 | — |
| Myrl Swanson 1 API 15-169-20234 | Silver Creek O&g | Olsson | 3500 | 1984 | — |
| Swanson 2 API 15-169-20242 | Silver Creek O&g | Olsson | 3500 | 1984 | — |
| Lindblad 1 API 15-169-20244 | Silver Creek O&g | Olsson | 3490 | 1984 | — |
| Johnson 'a' 3 API 15-169-20250 | Silver Creek O&g | Olsson | 3600 | 1984 | — |
| Johnson 'a' 2 Twin API 15-169-20251 | Silver Creek O&g | Olsson | 3550 | 1984 | — |
| Currie 2 API 15-169-20273 | Excalibur Production Co., INC | Gilmore | 2860 | 1984 | — |
| Johnson 1 API 15-169-00743-0002 | Falcon Energy Corporation | Smolan | 3458 | 1984 | — |
| R. Ryding 2 Was 1 API 15-169-20118-0001 | — | Unknown | 3459 | 1984 | — |
| Dyck 1 API 15-169-20236 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 0 | 1984 | — |
| Mott 1 API 15-169-20238 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Olsson | 0 | 1984 | — |
| Lockstrom 1 API 15-169-20237 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 3575 | 1984 | — |
| Runbeck 1-c API 15-169-20199 | Silver Creek O&g | Lindsborg | 0 | 1983 | — |
| Pauls, A. E 1-g API 15-169-20205 | Groves Frank | Salina | 0 | 1983 | — |
| Karber 1-29 API 15-169-20185 | Alta, INC | Gypsum Creek | 2675 | 1983 | — |
| Miller 1 API 15-169-20197 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Olsson | 3500 | 1983 | — |
| Cline 1 API 15-169-20198 | Silver Creek O&g | Lindsborg | 3580 | 1983 | — |
| Peters 1 API 15-169-20202 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 3556 | 1983 | — |
| Wayne Oborg 1 API 15-169-20206 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas, INC | Smolan | 3632 | 1983 | — |
| Gunnarson-holm 1 API 15-169-20207 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 3600 | 1983 | — |
| Stanley 1 API 15-169-20210 | Silver Creek Prod | Shultz | 3600 | 1983 | — |
| Mary Karber 'a' 2 API 15-169-20214 | Voigt Oil & Gas Co. INC | Gypsum Creek | 3765 | 1983 | — |
| Persigeh Was Grace Johnson 1 API 15-169-20221 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Olsson | 3530 | 1983 | — |
| Stephens Was Pearson, Jr 1 API 15-169-20224 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 3600 | 1983 | — |
| Akers 2 API 15-169-20232 | M H Oil Corp | Bachofer Southeast | 2896 | 1983 | — |
| Johnson 2 API 15-169-00406-0001 | Tom Brown Contruction INC | Salina | 3167 | 1983 | — |
| Johnson 1 API 15-169-00013-0001 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Olsson | 3298 | 1983 | — |
| Roesner 1 API 15-169-20130 | Black Watch Oil & Min Cor | Salina | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Melander R E 1 API 15-169-20143 | Henry N Mulvihill | Wildcat | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Lockstrom 1 API 15-169-20153 | Falcon Energy Corp | Lindsborg | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Karber 1 API 15-169-20157 | Wild Boys & Silver Bullet | Hunter | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Peterson 3 API 15-169-20164 | Teichgraeber Oil CO | Hunter | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Reese 1 API 15-169-20166 | Teichgraeber Oil Oper | Hunter | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Richter 1 API 15-169-20163 | Silver Creek O&g | Olsson | 3440 | 1982 | — |
| Oborg 'a' 1 API 15-169-20174 | Silver Creek Management | Lindsborg | 3600 | 1982 | — |
| Oborg 'a' 2 API 15-169-20175 | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Lindsborg | 3596 | 1982 | — |
| Oborg 'b' 4 API 15-169-20178 | Silver Creek O&g | Lindsborg | 3510 | 1982 | — |
| Smythe 1 API 15-169-20186 | Silver Creek O&g | Olsson | 3499 | 1982 | — |
| Critchfeild 1 API 15-169-20192 | Falcon Energy | Olsson | 3507 | 1982 | — |
| Oborg 'b' 1 API 15-169-20139 | Penn West Petr | Lindsborg | 0 | 1981 | — |
| A. Tarnstrom 1 API 15-169-20140 | Penn West Petr | Lindsborg | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Ellis 1 API 15-169-20116 | Teichgraeber, R. K | Hunter | 2707 | 1981 | — |
| Borg 'a' 1 API 15-169-20122 | Penn West Petroleum | Lindsborg | 4145 | 1981 | — |
| Henry 1 API 15-169-20126 | Sharadon Holdings | Bachofer | 2892 | 1981 | — |
| O'connor 2 API 15-169-20128 | Jones Cal | Salina | 3225 | 1981 | — |
| Hess 6 API 15-169-20131 | Reese Oil | Peterson | 2735 | 1981 | — |
| Agin 1 API 15-169-20132 | Johnson Charles D | Hunter | 2685 | 1981 | — |
| Jolene Stein 'a' 5 API 15-169-20133 | Melland Drilling Co., INC | Gypsum Creek | 2660 | 1981 | — |
| Agin 2 API 15-169-20149 | Teichgraeber R K | Hunter | 2708 | 1981 | — |
| Ryding 2 API 15-169-20155 | Falcon Energy | Smolan | 3478 | 1981 | — |
| Bickel 'b' 1 API 15-169-20156-0001 | Hess Oil CO | Hunter North | 2725 | 1981 | — |
| Bickel B Owwo 1 API 15-169-04388 | Hess Oil CO | Hunter North | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Smith 1 API 15-169-00055-0001 | L & B Leasing | Mortimer | 2710 | 1980 | — |
| Ryding 2 Was 1 API 15-169-20118 | R K Teichgraeber | Smolan | 3459 | 1980 | — |
| Leander 2 API 15-169-20079 | Perera Ray | Lindsborg | 3400 | 1978 | — |
| Herb T. Johnson 2 API 15-169-20084 | Perera Ray | Lindsborg | 3417 | 1978 | — |
| Redden 1 API 15-169-20086 | Rains and Williamson Oil Co., INC | Hunter Northwest | 2686 | 1978 | — |
| Nelson 1 API 15-169-00086-0002 | Melland Drlg CO | Olsson | 3572 | 1977 | — |
| Tressin Community 'a' 1 Swd API 15-169-20059-0001 | General American Oil CO of Texas | Hunter | 3233 | 1976 | — |
| Karber 2 Twin Swd API 15-169-20064 | Tomlinson Oil CO INC | Gypsum Creek | 3626 | 1975 | — |
| Lockstrom 9 API 15-169-00266-0001 | Tom Brown Construction INC | Smolan | 3437 | 1975 | — |
| Carlin 'b' 1 API 15-169-20062 | Jones Cal | Salina | 3400 | 1974 | — |
| Hess 7 API 15-169-20063 | George R. Hess | Peterson | 2718 | 1974 | — |
| Martinson 3 API 15-169-20058 | Perera Ray | Lindsborg | 3445 | 1973 | — |
| Hess 4 API 15-169-20055 | Reese Dale Oil | Peterson | 2706 | 1972 | — |
| Hess 6 API 15-169-20056 | George R. Hess | Peterson | 2705 | 1972 | — |
| Herb T. Johnson 1 API 15-169-20051 | Perera Ray | Lindsborg | 3465 | 1971 | — |
| Hess 2 API 15-169-20036 | Dale Reese Oil CO | Peterson | 2722 | 1970 | — |
| Hess 5 API 15-169-20038 | Hess George R | Peterson | 2753 | 1970 | — |
| Miller 'b' 5 API 15-169-20040 | Jones Cal | Mortimer | 2615 | 1970 | — |
| Hess 5 API 15-169-20038-0001 | George R. Hess | Peterson | 2753 | 1970 | — |
| Miller 1 API 15-169-20018 | H-30 INC | Shultz | 3322 | 1969 | — |
| Mason 1 API 15-169-20025 | Reese Dale Oil | Unknown | 2735 | 1969 | — |
| Henne 1 API 15-169-20026 | Jones Cal | Hunter North | 2710 | 1969 | — |
| Hess 1 API 15-169-20027 | Reese Dale Oil | Peterson | 2707 | 1969 | — |
| Tobin Estate 1 API 15-169-20028 | Walters Drlg | Unknown | 3130 | 1969 | — |
| Hess 3 API 15-169-20029 | George R. Hess | Peterson | 2710 | 1969 | — |
| Percival 1 API 15-169-00097-0001 | Small Art & CO | Wildcat | 3431 | 1969 | — |
| Percival 1 API 15-169-19040-0001 | Small, Art | Wildcat | 3436 | 1969 | — |
| Newcomb 1 API 15-169-19030-0001 | Brown, Tom | — | 3281 | 1969 | — |
| Leander 2 API 15-169-20021 | Perera Ray | Lindsborg | 255 | 1968 | — |
| Bachofer 3 API 15-169-20017 | Arthur L. Harper | Bachofer | 2843 | 1968 | — |
| Kruger 1 API 15-169-20019 | Cloud Drillers | Bachofer | 2795 | 1968 | — |
| Bachofer 2 API 15-169-20020 | H-30, INC | Bachofer Southeast | 2749 | 1968 | — |
| Andreen 1 API 15-169-20022 | Alpine Oil & Royalty CO | Pihl | 2800 | 1968 | — |
| Schwarz 1 API 15-169-20023 | Dale Reese Oil | Unknown | 2697 | 1968 | — |
Counties with a comparable register
- Stanton 1,988
- Decatur 1,980
- Logan 1,935
- Rawlins 1,867
- Leavenworth 1,833
- Cheyenne 1,791
- Scott 1,731
- Norton 1,481
- Hamilton 1,413
- Ford 1,384
- Thomas 1,383
- Chase 1,340
- Lyon 1,202
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.