The Boyd field
478 wells — 0.1% of the Kansas register.
What stands out in the Boyd field
The operator named on most of these records is Continental Oil CO, on 31 of them (6.5%), ahead of Clinton Oil (22) and Lewis Drilling CO (15). The oldest well here was completed in 1939 and the most recent in 2024, and the deepest reaches 3991 feet — Eveleigh 9, drilled in 1959.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3415 ft | 3523 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — in the Boyd field
343 of the 478 wells in the Boyd field are classed as plugged and abandoned. 6 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 1 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, 234 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Producing formations
| Formation | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle | 32 | 6.7% |
| Arbuckle Group | 2 | 0.4% |
| Lansing, Arbuckle | 2 | 0.4% |
| Arbuckle, Lansing Kansas City | 2 | 0.4% |
| Lansing-kansas City | 1 | 0.2% |
| Penn Basal Cong | 1 | 0.2% |
| Lansing | 1 | 0.2% |
The formation is recorded on only 21 % of Kansas wells, so this table describes the minority that carry one.
Where the field lies
| County | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Barton | 473 | 99.0% |
Who operates there
| Operator | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Continental Oil CO | 31 | 6.5% |
| Clinton Oil | 22 | 4.6% |
| Lewis Drilling CO | 15 | 3.1% |
| Republic Natural Gas CO | 11 | 2.3% |
| Cities Service CO | 11 | 2.3% |
| Clinton Oil CO | 11 | 2.3% |
| I M O Oil & Gas CO | 9 | 1.9% |
| Shelby Resources LLC | 9 | 1.9% |
| Chief Drlg | 8 | 1.7% |
| Harms & Burt Drlg CO | 8 | 1.7% |
| Energy Reserves Group | 7 | 1.5% |
| L D Davis | 7 | 1.5% |
| Alpine Drlg CO | 7 | 1.5% |
| The Texas CO | 6 | 1.3% |
An old well on land in Kansas?
6 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 478 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
| Lease and well | Operator | Field | Depth (ft) | Year | Plugged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccauley 'a' 6 API 15-009-23802 | Phillips Petroleum CO | Boyd | 3494 | 1985 | State |
| Schoeppel 1 API 15-009-23315 | Sabre Exploration, INC | Boyd | 3435 | 1984 | State |
| Bates 1 API 15-009-23651 | Bates Water Service | Boyd | 3496 | 1984 | State |
| Mccauley 5 API 15-009-06268 | Shirer Well Service CO | Boyd | 3551 | 1962 | State |
| Mccauley 3 API 15-009-07335 | Herndon Drlg CO | Boyd | 3363 | 1947 | State |
| Mccauley 1 API 15-009-01172 | Branine & Goering | Boyd | 3335 | 1945 | State |
| Kultgen Unit #2-34x API 15-009-26433 | Darrah Oil Company, LLC | Boyd | 3440 | 2024 | — |
| Shirer A 1 API 15-009-26434 | Pickrell Drilling Company, INC | Boyd | 3530 | 2024 | — |
| Big House 8-1 API 15-009-26378 | K & N Petroleum, INC | Boyd | 3370 | 2023 | — |
| Shirer Well Service 1 API 15-009-26374 | Rjm Company | Boyd | 3484 | 2022 | — |
| F.v. Riedel 'a' 4 API 15-009-26302 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Boyd | 3520 | 2021 | — |
| Kultgen Unit 1-34 API 15-009-25869-0001 | Darrah Oil Company, LLC | Boyd | 3420 | 2021 | — |
| Monroe 'a' 2 API 15-009-26255 | Larson Operating CO | Boyd | 3496 | 2020 | — |
| Cornelius 3-17 API 15-009-23593-0001 | Petroleum Property Services, INC | Boyd | 3313 | 2019 | — |
| Smith 6 API 15-009-25964 | Mike Kelso Oil, INC | Boyd | 3400 | 2014 | — |
| Hickey 1-2 API 15-009-25995 | Shelby Resources LLC | Boyd | 3450 | 2014 | — |
| Schlessiger Cattle 1-2 API 15-009-25833 | Shelby Resources LLC | Boyd | 3420 | 2013 | — |
| Patton Trust 36-41 API 15-009-25570 | Caerus Kansas LLC | Boyd | 3440 | 2011 | — |
| Patton Trust 2-36 API 15-009-25219 | Teton North America LLC | Boyd | 3421 | 2008 | — |
| Benton Wirth Unit 2-1 API 15-009-25006 | Shelby Resources LLC | Boyd | 3400 | 2007 | — |
| Yeakley 1-6 API 15-009-25033 | Shelby Resources LLC | Boyd | 3450 | 2007 | — |
| Patton Trust 1-36 API 15-009-25050 | Shelby Resources LLC | Boyd | 3498 | 2007 | — |
| Mccurry 1-36 API 15-009-24955 | Shelby Resources LLC | Boyd | 3450 | 2006 | — |
| Benton Wirth Unit 1-1 API 15-009-24972 | Shelby Resources | Boyd | 3430 | 2006 | — |
| Mccurry 2-12 API 15-009-24979 | Blue Ridge Petroleum Corporation | Boyd | 3408 | 2006 | — |
| Don 3 Owwo API 15-009-06860-0001 | L.d. Drilling, INC | Boyd | 3640 | 2004 | — |
| Smith-tromer 'p' 1 API 15-009-23109-0001 | Ritchie Exploration, INC | Boyd | 3415 | 2004 | — |
| Smith 4 API 15-009-24774 | Carl Boxberger Oil, INC | Boyd | 3333 | 2003 | — |
| Reidel-demel Wfs 1 API 15-009-06638-0001 | Big Horn Oil Co., INC | Boyd | 3600 | 2000 | — |
| Smith 3 API 15-009-24496 | Boxberger, Carl Oil, INC | Boyd | 3325 | 1992 | — |
| Smith 8 API 15-009-24355 | Columbian Serv Corp | Boyd | 0 | 1989 | — |
| Yeakley 'a' 1 API 15-009-24285 | Central Energy Corp | Boyd | 3500 | 1988 | — |
| Whiteman 2 API 15-009-24289 | Pendleton Land & Exp., Et Al | Boyd | 3600 | 1988 | — |
| Whiteman 4 API 15-009-24298 | Pendleton Land & Exploration Et Al | Boyd | 3600 | 1988 | — |
| Whiteman 1 API 15-009-24277 | Pendleton Land and Exploration, Et Al | Boyd | 3650 | 1987 | — |
| Smith 1 API 15-009-24213 | Kenosha Resources CO | Boyd | 3317 | 1986 | — |
| Yeakley 3 API 15-009-23826 | Alpine Drlg CO | Boyd | 3311 | 1985 | — |
| Whiteman 2 API 15-009-23836 | Allen Drilling CO | Boyd | 3500 | 1985 | — |
| Yeakley 1 API 15-009-23314 | Alpine Drlg CO | Boyd | 3305 | 1984 | — |
| Yeakley 2 API 15-009-23530 | Alpine Drlg CO | Boyd | 3298 | 1984 | — |
| Cornelius 3-17 API 15-009-23593 | Gear Petroleum CO | Boyd | 3303 | 1984 | — |
| Casad-eveleigh 2 API 15-009-23021 | Casad Oil Corp | Boyd | 0 | 1983 | — |
| R. Monroe Or Boyd 2 11 API 15-009-23030 | Energy Reserves Group, INC | Boyd | 3751 | 1983 | — |
| Tindall 'b' 1 API 15-009-23061 | L.d. Drilling Co., INC | Boyd | 3430 | 1983 | — |
| Tindall 2 API 15-009-23091 | L.d. Drilling Co., INC | Boyd | 3530 | 1983 | — |
| Tindall 3 API 15-009-23094 | L.d. Drilling Co., INC | Boyd | 3550 | 1983 | — |
| Smith-tromer 'p' 1 API 15-009-23109 | Boger Brothers Oil | Boyd | 3415 | 1983 | — |
| F. V. Riedel 8 API 15-009-23311 | Energy Reserves Group | Boyd | 3534 | 1983 | — |
| Tempero 3 API 15-009-21615-0001 | Trans Pacific Oil Corp | Boyd | 3383 | 1983 | — |
| F. V. Riedel 8 API 15-009-23032 | Energy Reserves Group | Boyd | 0 | 1983 | — |
| Harper 6 API 15-009-23140 | Allen Drilling CO | Boyd | 0 | 1983 | — |
| Smith 2 API 15-009-07295-0001 | Carl W. Boxberger | Boyd | 3537 | 1982 | — |
| Harper 4 API 15-009-22238 | Allen Drilling CO | Boyd | 3720 | 1981 | — |
| Williams 5 API 15-009-21543 | Chief Drlg | Boyd | 0 | 1979 | — |
| Williams 1 API 15-009-21108 | Chief Drilling & B.& B. Drilling | Boyd | 3350 | 1977 | — |
| Eveleigh 1 API 15-009-21005 | Chief Drilling | Boyd | 3337 | 1976 | — |
| Eveleigh 3 API 15-009-21038 | Chief Drilling Co., Inc. Et Al | Boyd | 3545 | 1976 | — |
| Riedel 1 API 15-009-20736 | Big J Prod Et Al | Boyd | 3326 | 1975 | — |
| B. Keener 1-v API 15-009-20170 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3465 | 1968 | — |
| Lichter 1-v API 15-009-20171 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3539 | 1968 | — |
| Keener 'd' 5 API 15-009-20168 | Clinton Oil CO | Boyd | 3436 | 1968 | — |
| F. V. Riedel 'b' 5-d API 15-009-20179 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 1980 | 1968 | — |
| F. V. Riedel 'b' 6-d API 15-009-20181 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3391 | 1968 | — |
| Monroe 'd' 9 API 15-009-20188 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3458 | 1968 | — |
| F. M. Bahr 'd' 2 API 15-009-20115 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3512 | 1967 | — |
| Keener 'd' 3 API 15-009-20134 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3454 | 1967 | — |
| Keener 'a' 1-v API 15-009-20143 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3502 | 1967 | — |
| Meitner 'd' 5 API 15-009-20142 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3453 | 1967 | — |
| Keener 1-v API 15-009-30708 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3434 | 1967 | — |
| Frieb-a 3-d API 15-009-30704 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3500 | 1967 | — |
| F M Bahr 2-d API 15-009-30692 | Clinton Oil | Boyd | 3512 | 1967 | — |
| Mantz 1 API 15-009-30322 | John Graves Et Al | Boyd | 3492 | 1966 | — |
| Laudick A 1 API 15-009-01566 | Messman-rinehart Oil CO | Boyd | 3391 | 1964 | — |
| Hickey 1 API 15-009-01497 | Murfin Drilling CO | Boyd | 3468 | 1963 | — |
| Logan 1 API 15-009-01608 | Imperial Oil | Boyd | 3370 | 1963 | — |
| Zink 1 API 15-009-06861 | Flournoy/williams | Boyd | 3360 | 1959 | — |
| Behr 1 API 15-009-05096 | Bankoff Oil CO | Boyd | 3495 | 1957 | — |
| Eveleigh A 1 API 15-009-06138 | Colorado Oil & Gas Corp | Boyd | 3432 | 1957 | — |
| Miller 'c' 1 API 15-009-07384 | Sterling Drilling CO | Boyd | 3402 | 1957 | — |
| Lowry 1 API 15-009-01283 | Lauck D R Oil | Boyd | 3373 | 1957 | — |
| Lichter 1 API 15-009-01669 | Williams C & Oyster | Boyd | 3545 | 1957 | — |
| M. Riedel 1 API 15-009-06139 | Harms & Burt Drlg CO | Boyd | 3885 | 1956 | — |
| Spires A 1 API 15-009-06457 | Murphy Oil Co. of Oklahama, INC | Boyd | 3395 | 1956 | — |
| Mantz 1 API 15-009-00330 | Birmingham-bartlett Drilling CO | Boyd | 3458 | 1956 | — |
| C. E. Robison 5 API 15-009-73565 | Skelly Oil | Boyd | 3334 | 1955 | — |
| C. E. Robison 1 API 15-009-00735-0002 | Pacific Western Oil | Boyd | 3306 | 1955 | — |
| Smith 1 API 15-009-07378 | Anschutz Drlg CO | Boyd | 3364 | 1954 | — |
| Smith 8 API 15-009-07379 | Sohio | Boyd | 3313 | 1954 | — |
| Smith 2 API 15-009-07295 | Pacific-western | Boyd | 3339 | 1954 | — |
| C. E. Robison 4 API 15-009-04312 | Skelly Oil CO | Boyd | 3272 | 1954 | — |
| Robison (karst) 3 | Pacific Western | Boyd | 3308 | 1954 | — |
| Cornelius 1 API 15-009-07382 | Shields Oil Producers | Boyd | 3310 | 1954 | — |
| Bahr 1 API 15-009-00756 | Ash-mar Drlg | Boyd | 3527 | 1954 | — |
| Spires 1 API 15-009-00711 | Thunderbird Drilling, INC | Boyd | 3363 | 1954 | — |
| Hlavaty 1 API 15-009-00712 | Derby Refining | Boyd | 3450 | 1954 | — |
| Boomhower 1 API 15-009-00727 | Nadel & Gussman | Boyd | 3321 | 1954 | — |
| C. E. Robison 1 API 15-009-00735-0001 | Skelly Oil CO | Boyd | 3306 | 1954 | — |
| Reidel 3 API 15-009-04304 | Honaker Drilling CO | Boyd | 3305 | 1953 | — |
| Meitner 1 API 15-009-06136 | Graham-messman-phillips | Boyd | 3506 | 1953 | — |
| Harper 5 API 15-009-06864 | D L Smith | Boyd | 3360 | 1953 | — |
| Eveleigh B 1 API 15-009-00224 | Murphy Oil CO | Boyd | 3403 | 1953 | — |
| F. V. Riedel 'a' 4 API 15-009-06693 | Continental Oil CO | Boyd | 3432 | 1952 | — |
| G. Miller 6 API 15-009-73787 | Cities Service Oil CO | Boyd | 3361 | 1952 | — |
| Mcginnis 1 API 15-009-06866 | The Texas CO | Boyd | 3483 | 1952 | — |
| Boomhower 1 API 15-009-00041 | Graham, Messman & Rinehart Oil CO | Boyd | 3349 | 1952 | — |
| Reidel 1 API 15-009-00025 | Honaker Drilling CO | Boyd | 3317 | 1952 | — |
| Meitner 4 API 15-009-07646 | Continental Oil CO | Boyd | 0 | 1951 | — |
| Zahn 3 API 15-009-16590 | Phillips Petroleum CO | Boyd | 3505 | 1951 | — |
| Frieb B 2 API 15-009-16539 | Graham-messman-rinehart Oil CO | Boyd | 3497 | 1951 | — |
| Keener 2 API 15-009-07309 | Lewis Drilling CO | Boyd | 3456 | 1951 | — |
| Eveleigh 'a' 3 API 15-009-07299 | Cities Service Oil CO | Boyd | 3349 | 1951 | — |
| Riedel 1 API 15-009-00371 | Lewis Drilling CO | Boyd | 3365 | 1951 | — |
| Eveleigh 1 API 15-009-00372 | Todd | Boyd | 3410 | 1951 | — |
| Prose 4 API 15-009-73738 | Graham-messman-rinehart Oil CO | Boyd | 3511 | 1951 | — |
| Keener 'a' 1 API 15-009-73762 | Lewis Drilling Co., Et Al | Boyd | 3529 | 1951 | — |
| Keener 1 API 15-009-00356-0001 | Lewis Drlg | Boyd | 3444 | 1951 | — |
| Eveleigh 1 API 15-009-19095 | Murphy Oil Co. of Pa Et Al | Boyd | 3550 | 1951 | — |
| Prose 1 API 15-009-04364 | Graham-messman-rinehart Oil CO | Boyd | 3477 | 1950 | — |
| Mccauley 2 API 15-009-06763 | Herndon Drlg CO | Boyd | 3664 | 1950 | — |
| W. O. Smith 3 API 15-009-07342 | Flournoy & Williams | Boyd | 3339 | 1950 | — |
| Jilg 3 API 15-009-06442 | Continental Oil CO | Boyd | 3748 | 1950 | — |
| H. J. Riedel 2 API 15-009-06638 | Continental Oil CO | Boyd | 3600 | 1950 | — |
| Harper 3 API 15-009-04340 | G.w. Keyes Drilling CO | Boyd | 3410 | 1950 | — |
| Harper 5 API 15-009-16611 | The Texas CO | Boyd | 3390 | 1950 | — |
| Eveleigh 2 API 15-009-16507 | B & R Drlg CO | Boyd | 3380 | 1950 | — |
| Eveleigh 6 API 15-009-04335 | I M O Oil & Gas CO | Boyd | 3402 | 1950 | — |
| Eveleigh 1 API 15-009-07317 | Murfin Drilling CO | Boyd | 3376 | 1950 | — |
| Harper 1 API 15-009-07322 | Lewis Drilling CO | Boyd | 3395 | 1950 | — |
| Eveleigh 3 API 15-009-07319 | Lewis Drilling CO | Boyd | 3419 | 1950 | — |
| Miller 'a' 2 API 15-009-07330 | Lewis Drilling CO | Boyd | 3378 | 1950 | — |
| Eveleigh 'a' 1 API 15-009-06855 | Lewis Drilling CO | Boyd | 3470 | 1950 | — |
| Keener 1 API 15-009-00356 | Lewis Drilling CO | Boyd | 3444 | 1950 | — |
| Phillips 1 API 15-009-00859 | North American Production CO | Boyd | 3405 | 1950 | — |
| Koch 1 API 15-009-16303 | Ben F Brack Oil CO | Boyd | 3398 | 1950 | — |
| Smith 1 API 15-009-07343 | Pacific Western | Boyd | 3340 | 1949 | — |
| W. O. Smith 6 API 15-009-06836 | Birmingham-barlett Drilling | Boyd | 3358 | 1949 | — |
| Smith 1 API 15-009-07339 | Cities Service CO | Boyd | 3358 | 1949 | — |
| Smith 2 API 15-009-07284 | Flournoy/williams | Boyd | 3336 | 1949 | — |
| Yeakley 2 API 15-009-06411 | Sohio Petroleum CO | Boyd | 3335 | 1949 | — |
| Jilg 2 API 15-009-73600 | Continental Oil CO | Boyd | 3377 | 1949 | — |
| Niblo 3 API 15-009-70394 | Magnolia Petroleum CO | Boyd | 2500 | 1949 | — |
| Frieb 1 API 15-009-16538 | William L Graham Oil CO | Boyd | 3483 | 1949 | — |
| Lichter 1 API 15-009-16535 | El Capitan Oil | Boyd | 3485 | 1949 | — |
| Prose 3 API 15-009-06759 | Continental Oil CO | Boyd | 3490 | 1949 | — |
| Bahr 1 API 15-009-06839 | B & R Drilling CO | Boyd | 3500 | 1949 | — |
| Rowley 2 API 15-009-73747 | Harbar Drlg | Boyd | 3473 | 1949 | — |
| G. Miller 5 API 15-009-06854 | Cities Service CO | Boyd | 3405 | 1949 | — |
| Harper 4 API 15-009-06863 | D.l.smith | Boyd | 3370 | 1949 | — |
| Smith 4 API 15-009-07346 | Republic Natural Gas | Boyd | 3320 | 1949 | — |
| E. Jilg 1 API 15-009-00696 | Continental Oil | Boyd | 3352 | 1949 | — |
Fields of a comparable size
- Gates 530
- Fredonia 511
- Trico 507
- Wc 506
- Eubank 505
- Buffalo-vilas 505
- Owl Creek 488
- Alford 484
- Greenwood Gas Area 459
- Augusta 446
- Erie 432
- Mckinney 427
- Virgil North 424
- Parmely 419
- Goodrich-parker 414
Neighbours by the number of wells, not a ranking: the list slides with the field, so every one of the 109 field pages is reachable from the others. All of them.