The Mueller field
397 wells — 0.1% of the Kansas register.
What stands out in the Mueller field
The operator named on most of these records is Circle Oil Co., INC, on 27 of them (6.8%), ahead of Midstates Oil Corp (20) and Westgate-greenland Oil CO (13). The oldest well here was completed in 1938 and the most recent in 2024, and the deepest reaches 4206 feet — Mueller 'a' 4, drilled in 1961.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3627 ft | 3710 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — in the Mueller field
261 of the 397 wells in the Mueller field are classed as plugged and abandoned. 1 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 2 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, 108 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Producing formations
| Formation | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle | 44 | 11.1% |
| Arbuckle Group | 13 | 3.3% |
| Lansing-kansas City | 5 | 1.3% |
| Lansing-kansas City, Arbuckle | 2 | 0.5% |
| Arbuckle, Lansing Kansas City | 2 | 0.5% |
| Lansing Kansas City | 1 | 0.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stafford | 397 | 100.0% |
Who operates there
| Operator | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Circle Oil Co., INC | 27 | 6.8% |
| Midstates Oil Corp | 20 | 5.0% |
| Westgate-greenland Oil CO | 13 | 3.3% |
| Mai Oil Operations, INC | 13 | 3.3% |
| Stanolind Oil and Gas CO | 12 | 3.0% |
| Mull Drilling Co., INC | 12 | 3.0% |
| Petroleum, INC | 11 | 2.8% |
| L. D. Drilling, INC | 11 | 2.8% |
| Virginia Drilling CO | 9 | 2.3% |
| Anschutz Drilling CO | 8 | 2.0% |
| L. K. Parrish | 7 | 1.8% |
| Parrish Corp | 7 | 1.8% |
| Magnolia Petroleum CO | 6 | 1.5% |
| Pan American Petroleum Corp | 5 | 1.3% |
An old well on land in Kansas?
1 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 397 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall, Helen 1 API 15-185-21029 | Evan Jantz and Assoc | Mueller | 3660 | 1980 | State |
| Hjb 1-20 API 15-185-24082 | Rama Operating Co., INC | Mueller | 3700 | 2021 | — |
| Heaton 10 API 15-185-24044 | Berexco LLC | Mueller | 3700 | 2019 | — |
| Christiansen 1 API 15-185-24032 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3677 | 2018 | — |
| Christiansen 2 API 15-185-24039 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3700 | 2018 | — |
| Tieperman 2 API 15-185-23979 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3672 | 2017 | — |
| Fischer 1 API 15-185-23982 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3659 | 2017 | — |
| Tieperman 1 API 15-185-23973 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3710 | 2016 | — |
| Mccrary 9 API 15-185-23918 | L. D. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3575 | 2015 | — |
| Hammeke 'b' 5 API 15-185-23920 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3700 | 2015 | — |
| Bh Farms 1-20 API 15-185-23923 | L. D. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3675 | 2015 | — |
| Bh Farms 2-20 API 15-185-23925 | L. D. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3675 | 2015 | — |
| Milton 1 API 15-185-23935 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3702 | 2015 | — |
| Mueller 'i' 7 API 15-185-23898 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3698 | 2014 | — |
| Reiser 10 API 15-185-23907 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 3700 | 2014 | — |
| Batman 'b' 7-13 API 15-185-23612 | Rama Operating Co., INC | Mueller | 3650 | 2010 | — |
| Hall 'd' 2-17 API 15-185-23629 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3580 | 2010 | — |
| Batman 1-12 API 15-185-23585 | L.d. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3620 | 2009 | — |
| Hayden-fischer 1-30 API 15-185-23316-0002 | Mull Drilling Company, INC | Mueller | 3754 | 2009 | — |
| Curtis 1-31 API 15-185-23228-0001 | American Warrior, INC | Mueller | 3638 | 2009 | — |
| Hayden-fischer 1-30 API 15-185-23316-0001 | Mull Drilling Company, INC | Mueller | 3754 | 2008 | — |
| Steckel Farms 'b' 1-16 API 15-185-23426 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3630 | 2007 | — |
| Welsh 5 API 15-185-23465 | L.d. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3676 | 2007 | — |
| Umstead 1-28 API 15-185-23372 | Shelby Resources LLC | Mueller | 3675 | 2006 | — |
| Hall 'b' 4 API 15-185-23214 | L.d. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3537 | 2004 | — |
| Nolte 1-7 API 15-185-23219 | F.g. Holl Co., LLC | Mueller | 3675 | 2004 | — |
| Curtis 1-31 API 15-185-23228 | American Warrior, INC | Mueller | 3638 | 2004 | — |
| Mueller 'a' 1 API 15-185-23234 | L.d. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3915 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 'd' 1-17 API 15-185-23240 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3649 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 'e' 1-17 API 15-185-23247 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3700 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 'f' 1-26 API 15-185-23248 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3800 | 2004 | — |
| Syms, Florence 4 API 15-185-23255 | White Eagle Resources Corp | Mueller | 3657 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 'c' 1-14 API 15-185-23235-0001 | L. D. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3886 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 'd' 1-17 API 15-185-23240-0001 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3649 | 2004 | — |
| Fischer 1-19 API 15-185-23270 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3740 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 1-23 API 15-185-23186-0002 | Mull Drilling Company, INC | Mueller | 3810 | 2004 | — |
| Fischer 1-19 API 15-185-23270-0001 | Mull Drilling Co., INC | Mueller | 3740 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 'b' 3 API 15-185-23185 | L. D. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3540 | 2003 | — |
| Fischer 'a' 7 API 15-185-23192 | Berenergy Corp | Mueller | 3660 | 2003 | — |
| Lucy Walters 1 Twin API 15-185-23157 | Jandie Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3580 | 2002 | — |
| J. Welsh 'a' 2 API 15-185-12661-0001 | Xanadu Exploration Company | Mueller | 3594 | 2001 | — |
| Mccrary 5 API 15-185-13079-0001 | L. D. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3720 | 1995 | — |
| Hall 'b' 1 API 15-185-22957 | L. D. Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3527 | 1994 | — |
| Umstead 3 API 15-185-22180 | Woodman-iannitti Drilling CO | Mueller | 3582 | 1985 | — |
| John Nolte 6 API 15-185-22103 | Parrish Corp | Mueller | 3575 | 1984 | — |
| John Nolte 5 API 15-185-21723 | Parrish Corp | Mueller | 3650 | 1983 | — |
| Welsh 'b' 1 API 15-185-21880 | Lesden Oil and Gas, INC | Mueller | 3676 | 1983 | — |
| Hall 'b' 2 API 15-185-21200 | Jantz Evan & Assoc | Mueller | 3627 | 1981 | — |
| Fischer 'l' 1 API 15-185-21204 | Petroleum, INC | Mueller | 3597 | 1981 | — |
| Gatton 2 API 15-185-21233 | Parrish Corp | Mueller | 3547 | 1981 | — |
| John Nolte 3 API 15-185-21234 | Parrish Corp | Mueller | 3528 | 1981 | — |
| Mccrary 8-19 API 15-185-21411 | Tenneco Oil CO | Mueller | 3570 | 1981 | — |
| Cora Clark 10-18 API 15-185-21422 | Tenneco Oil CO | Mueller | 3564 | 1981 | — |
| Brown-cannady 1 API 15-185-21031 | Schierling | Mueller | 3625 | 1980 | — |
| E. B. Hall 4 API 15-185-21078 | Energy Reserves Group | Mueller | 3610 | 1980 | — |
| John Nolte 2 API 15-185-21097 | Parrish Corp | Mueller | 3530 | 1980 | — |
| Grow 1 API 15-185-20897 | Woodman-iannitti Drilling CO | Mueller | 3611 | 1979 | — |
| K. F. Fischer 'a' 2 API 15-185-10504-0001 | Berenergy Corporation | Mueller | 3750 | 1979 | — |
| I. Mueller 5 API 15-185-20682 | Southern States Oil CO | Mueller | 3651 | 1978 | — |
| Mueller 'a' 6 API 15-185-20616 | Southern States Oil CO | Mueller | 3640 | 1976 | — |
| Mueller 'a' 7 API 15-185-20662 | Southern States | Mueller | 3660 | 1976 | — |
| Mueller 'a' 8 API 15-185-20681 | Southern States Oil | Mueller | 3630 | 1976 | — |
| Batman 1 API 15-185-13036-0001 | White Hawk Oil CO | Mueller | 3565 | 1976 | — |
| John Nolte 1 API 15-185-10095-0001 | Parrish Oil CO | Mueller | 3595 | 1975 | — |
| Hall 2 API 15-185-20463 | Krm Petroleum Corp | Mueller | 3700 | 1974 | — |
| Hall 1 API 15-185-20440 | Cow Gulch Oil CO | Mueller | 3715 | 1973 | — |
| Johnson 1 API 15-185-20172 | Parrish L K | Mueller | 3610 | 1969 | — |
| Tieperman 'b' 3 API 15-185-20211 | Sitrin Morris INC | Mueller | 3605 | 1969 | — |
| Muller Owwo 1-swd API 15-185-26972 | Pan American Petroleum Corp | Mueller | 4000 | 1968 | — |
| Lucy Walter 2 Twin API 15-185-20083 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3631 | 1968 | — |
| Mccrary 1 API 15-185-20106 | Bankoff Oil Co. and Leben Drilling CO | Mueller | 3715 | 1968 | — |
| Umstead 2 API 15-185-20123 | Burt Drlg CO | Mueller | 3697 | 1968 | — |
| Tieperman 'a' 1 API 15-185-20128 | Morris Sitrin, INC | Mueller | 3662 | 1968 | — |
| Tieperman 'a' 3 API 15-185-20132 | Morris Sitrin INC | Mueller | 3680 | 1968 | — |
| Mueller (syms) Was Tiepermann 'b' 2 API 15-185-11782-0001 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Mueller | 4000 | 1968 | — |
| Krause 1 API 15-185-20059 | Hummon Oil CO | Mueller | 3595 | 1967 | — |
| Harris 1 API 15-185-20067 | Donald T. Ingling | Mueller | 3640 | 1967 | — |
| Christiansen 3 API 15-185-20071 | L. K. Parrish | Mueller | 3630 | 1967 | — |
| Sittner 'd' 4 API 15-185-30283 | Petroleum, INC | Mueller | 3280 | 1966 | — |
| Bauer-nolte 4 API 15-185-30302 | L. K. Parrish | Mueller | 3557 | 1966 | — |
| Schmalian 1 API 15-185-30332 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3692 | 1966 | — |
| Westafer 1 API 15-185-30261 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3630 | 1966 | — |
| Hall 1 API 15-185-30276 | Woodman-iannitti Drilling CO | Mueller | 3648 | 1966 | — |
| Fischer 'b' 4 API 15-185-13197-0001 | Mobile Oil Company | Mueller | 3513 | 1966 | — |
| Christiansen 'a' 6 API 15-185-01935 | Virginia Drilling CO | Mueller | 3535 | 1965 | — |
| Krestine 2 API 15-185-30018 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3680 | 1965 | — |
| Christiansen 'b' 1 API 15-185-30050 | Kaiser-francis Oil and Gas, INC | Mueller | 3580 | 1965 | — |
| Grow 3 API 15-185-30099 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3627 | 1965 | — |
| Williams 2 API 15-185-30111 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3665 | 1965 | — |
| Tieperman 3 API 15-185-30189 | Circle Oil CO | Mueller | 3640 | 1965 | — |
| Schartz 1 API 15-185-30208 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mueller | 3313 | 1965 | — |
| Grow 4 API 15-185-30209 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3630 | 1965 | — |
| Lina Batman 2 API 15-185-30006 | Alpine Oil and Royalty Co., INC | Mueller | 3640 | 1965 | — |
| Hammeke 'b' 1 API 15-185-30011 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3625 | 1965 | — |
| Reiser 4 API 15-185-30028 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3610 | 1965 | — |
| Reiser 6 API 15-185-30030 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3710 | 1965 | — |
| Hammeke 3 Twin API 15-185-30034 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3632 | 1965 | — |
| Fischer 1 API 15-185-30041 | Lounsbury & Murfin Drlg | Mueller | 3666 | 1965 | — |
| Christiansen 'c' 1 API 15-185-30060 | Kaiser-francis Oil and Gas, INC | Mueller | 3604 | 1965 | — |
| H. Tieperman 'b' 4 API 15-185-30069 | Pan American Petroleum Corp | Mueller | 3700 | 1965 | — |
| Tieperman 2 API 15-185-30073 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3628 | 1965 | — |
| Hickman 1 API 15-185-30075 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3721 | 1965 | — |
| Batman 1 API 15-185-30081 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3670 | 1965 | — |
| Fischer 1 API 15-185-30100 | Murfin Drilling CO | Mueller | 3666 | 1965 | — |
| Hall 'q' 1 API 15-185-30116 | Petroleum, INC | Mueller | 3685 | 1965 | — |
| Batman 2 API 15-185-30172 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3570 | 1965 | — |
| Ahlgrim 1 API 15-185-30187 | Virginia Drilling CO | Mueller | 3670 | 1965 | — |
| Gatton 1 API 15-185-30224 | Parrish L K | Mueller | 3589 | 1965 | — |
| Tiepermann/syms Unit 1 API 15-185-30225 | Pan American Petroleum Corp | Mueller | 3700 | 1965 | — |
| Tieperman 1 API 15-185-30388 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3610 | 1965 | — |
| Grow 1 API 15-185-30389 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3629 | 1965 | — |
| Lydia Bauer 1 API 15-185-26750 | Parrish L K | Mueller | 3537 | 1964 | — |
| Salem 2 API 15-185-19470 | S A Murphy | Mueller | 3515 | 1964 | — |
| Carroll 1 API 15-185-19553 | Rains and Williamson Oil CO | Mueller | 3630 | 1964 | — |
| Christiansen 1 API 15-185-70627 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3653 | 1964 | — |
| Reiser 2 API 15-185-27013 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3610 | 1964 | — |
| Krestine 1 API 15-185-19121 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3610 | 1964 | — |
| Reiser 3 API 15-185-27021 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3605 | 1964 | — |
| Walker 3 API 15-185-01383 | John Graves Et Al | Mueller | 3628 | 1964 | — |
| Williams 1 API 15-185-01392 | Circle Oil Co., INC | Mueller | 3550 | 1964 | — |
| John Nolte 1 API 15-185-10095 | L. K. Parrish | Mueller | 3615 | 1964 | — |
| Christiansen 1 API 15-185-11353 | L. K. Parrish | Mueller | 3625 | 1963 | — |
| Christiansen 2 API 15-185-01381 | L. K. Parrish | Mueller | 3613 | 1963 | — |
| Batman 1 API 15-185-01420 | Leben Drilling, INC | Mueller | 3628 | 1963 | — |
| Curtis 'e' 1 API 15-185-01421 | Petroleum, Inc., and Graves Drilling CO | Mueller | 3646 | 1963 | — |
| Allphin 1 API 15-185-01435 | Alpine Oil & Royalty CO | Mueller | 3580 | 1963 | — |
| Mueller 'a' 5 API 15-185-12163 | Virginia Drlg | Mueller | 4097 | 1963 | — |
| Allphine 'a' 1 API 15-185-01366 | Hellar Drlg | Mueller | 3597 | 1962 | — |
| Carroll 1 API 15-185-11326 | Alpine Oil and Royalty Co., INC | Mueller | 3625 | 1962 | — |
| Allphin 1 API 15-185-19544 | Hellar Drilling CO | Mueller | 3600 | 1961 | — |
| Fischer 1 API 15-185-11366 | Western Petroleum Co., INC | Mueller | 3655 | 1961 | — |
| Mueller 'a' 4 API 15-185-12631-0001 | Virginia Drilling CO | Mueller | 4206 | 1961 | — |
| Westafer 1 API 15-185-19490 | Hudson Petroleum CO | Mueller | 3505 | 1959 | — |
| Allphin 1 API 15-185-00865 | Wilkinson Drlg | Mueller | 3585 | 1958 | — |
| Edwin B. Hall 6 API 15-185-11639 | Magnolia Petroleum CO | Mueller | 3687 | 1956 | — |
| Tieperman 1 API 15-185-11943 | John Wagler | Mueller | 3643 | 1956 | — |
| Tiepermann 1 API 15-185-00328 | K & E Drilling CO | Mueller | 3615 | 1956 | — |
| Salem 1 API 15-185-11399 | Alpine Oil & Royalty CO | Mueller | 3534 | 1955 | — |
| Mccrary 'a' 7 API 15-185-13193 | Midstates Oil Corp | Mueller | 3576 | 1955 | — |
| Edwin B. Hall 5 API 15-185-11637 | Magnolia Petroleum CO | Mueller | 3635 | 1954 | — |
| Hammeke 2 API 15-185-11375 | M. B. Armer | Mueller | 3672 | 1954 | — |
| Schmalian 2 API 15-185-01728 | Pam-kar Drilling CO | Mueller | 3573 | 1954 | — |
| Schmalian 'b' 1 API 15-185-00526 | S. A. Springer | Mueller | 3675 | 1954 | — |
| Schmalian 1 API 15-185-00548 | Pam-kar Drilling CO | Mueller | 3595 | 1954 | — |
| J. Nolte 1 API 15-185-00883 | Rooney-siegfried-thomas | Mueller | 3600 | 1954 | — |
| Umstead 1 API 15-185-70730 | Isern Brothers | Mueller | 3597 | 1954 | — |
| Batman 1 API 15-185-01727 | Pam-kar Drilling CO | Mueller | 3632 | 1954 | — |
| Welsh 'a' 3 API 15-185-12901 | R. M. Siegfried | Mueller | 3670 | 1953 | — |
| Grow 'b' 1 API 15-185-11715 | Petroleum, INC | Mueller | 3695 | 1953 | — |
| Sittner 'd' 1 API 15-185-10498 | Petroleum, INC | Mueller | 3637 | 1953 | — |
Fields of a comparable size
- Erie 432
- Mckinney 427
- Virgil North 424
- Parmely 419
- Goodrich-parker 414
- Cunningham 407
- Walnut Southeast 405
- Damme 397
- Max 395
- Dopita 393
- Altoona 391
- Hollow-nikkel 386
- Garfield 378
- Medicine Lodge-boggs 367
- Irvin 366
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.