The Trico field
507 wells — 0.1% of the Kansas register.
What stands out in the Trico field
The operator named on most of these records is Cities Service Oil CO, on 21 of them (4.1%), ahead of Harry Gore (20) and Theodore Gore (18). The oldest well here was completed in 1930 and the most recent in 2022, and the deepest reaches 4243 feet — Cook 14.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3741 ft | 3840 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — in the Trico field
313 of the 507 wells in the Trico 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, 171 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Producing formations
| Formation | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle | 47 | 9.3% |
| Arbuckle Group | 13 | 2.6% |
| Arbuckle, Lansing Kansas City | 7 | 1.4% |
| Lansing, Arbuckle | 7 | 1.4% |
| Lansing Kansas City | 3 | 0.6% |
| Lansing | 2 | 0.4% |
| Lansing-kansas City | 2 | 0.4% |
| Cedar Hills | 2 | 0.4% |
| Lansing and Arbuckle | 2 | 0.4% |
| Lansing - Kansas City | 2 | 0.4% |
The formation is recorded on only 21 % of Kansas wells, so this table describes the minority that carry one.
Where the field lies
Who operates there
| Operator | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cities Service Oil CO | 21 | 4.1% |
| Harry Gore | 20 | 3.9% |
| Theodore Gore | 18 | 3.6% |
| Imperial Oil CO | 12 | 2.4% |
| American Warrior, INC | 12 | 2.4% |
| Cities Service CO | 11 | 2.2% |
| Continental Oil CO | 11 | 2.2% |
| Calvin Noah | 10 | 2.0% |
| Herman George Kaiser | 9 | 1.8% |
| Magnolia Petroleum CO | 9 | 1.8% |
| Petroleum INC | 9 | 1.8% |
| Bowman Oil CO | 8 | 1.6% |
| Mai Oil Operations, INC | 8 | 1.6% |
| Herman G. Kaiser | 7 | 1.4% |
An old well on land in Kansas?
1 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 507 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs Twin 1 API 15-163-21382 | Dupont Oil | Trico | 3737 | 1981 | State |
| Lewis 'abc' 7 API 15-065-24216 | Gore Oil Company | Trico | 3855 | 2022 | — |
| Hedstrom 15 API 15-195-23140 | Gore Oil Company | Trico | 3733 | 2022 | — |
| Zeigler 1-35 API 15-065-24175 | Patterson Energy LLC | Trico | 3750 | 2020 | — |
| Zeigler 2-35 API 15-065-24177 | Patterson Energy LLC | Trico | 3750 | 2020 | — |
| Walz Star 2 Swd API 15-065-24183 | Reef Operating, INC | Trico | 4044 | 2020 | — |
| Walz Triple Star Swd API 15-065-02349-0001 | Reef Operating, INC | Trico | 4041 | 2020 | — |
| Cook 16 API 15-195-23102 | Patterson Energy LLC | Trico | 3735 | 2020 | — |
| Cook 17 API 15-195-23103 | Patterson Energy LLC | Trico | 3730 | 2020 | — |
| Zeigler 3 API 15-065-00750-0001 | Patterson Energy LLC | Trico | 4100 | 2020 | — |
| Trico Unit West 110-swd API 15-065-01825-0001 | Cities Service Oil CO | Trico | 3689 | 2013 | — |
| Allphin-keller 1-30 API 15-163-24080 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3772 | 2013 | — |
| Schneider 'b' 8 API 15-065-01804-0001 | Diehl Oil INC | Trico | 3680 | 2013 | — |
| Schneider 'b' 7 API 15-065-02348-0001 | Diehl Oil INC | Trico | 4075 | 2013 | — |
| Walz-star 1 API 15-065-23785 | Werth Exploration Trust | Trico | 3692 | 2012 | — |
| White 8 API 15-065-00093-0001 | Knighton Oil Company, INC | Trico | 1634 | 2012 | — |
| Trico West Unit 3-5 API 15-163-24057 | Vess Oil Corp | Trico | 3766 | 2012 | — |
| White 7 API 15-065-23576 | Knighton Oil Co., INC | Trico | 3792 | 2010 | — |
| Keller 'b' 1 API 15-163-23872 | Tomlinson Operating, LLC | Trico | 3800 | 2010 | — |
| Oil 1 API 15-065-00237-0001 | — | Trico | 4140 | 2008 | — |
| Kuehnl 2-27 API 15-065-23408 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3853 | 2008 | — |
| Allphin 1-30 API 15-163-23684 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3780 | 2008 | — |
| Keller 1-30 API 15-163-23686 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3750 | 2008 | — |
| Brown 1-26 API 15-065-23415 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3800 | 2008 | — |
| Cook 15 API 15-195-22576 | Charter Energy, INC | Trico | 3726 | 2008 | — |
| Keller 2-30 API 15-163-23765 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3840 | 2008 | — |
| Keller-schneider 1-30 API 15-163-23770 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3825 | 2008 | — |
| Romine 6 API 15-163-21051-0002 | Bowman Oil CO | Trico | 1508 | 2008 | — |
| Mckenna 1-30 API 15-163-23580 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3790 | 2007 | — |
| Schneider 'a' 5-30 API 15-163-23581 | American Warrior, INC | Trico | 3820 | 2007 | — |
| Mary 'b' 1 API 15-163-23610 | Tomlinson Operating, LLC | Trico | 3800 | 2007 | — |
| Romine 2-28 API 15-163-23612 | Murfin Drilling Co., INC | Trico | 3875 | 2007 | — |
| Romine 3-19 API 15-163-23616 | Poverty Oil LLC | Trico | 3780 | 2007 | — |
| Wait 11 API 15-163-23621 | Venture Resources, INC | Trico | 3870 | 2007 | — |
| Mckenna 'd' 3 API 15-163-23638 | Herman L. Loeb, LLC | Trico | 3861 | 2007 | — |
| Keja 1-3 API 15-195-22357 | Murfin Drilling Co., INC | Trico | 3840 | 2006 | — |
| Romine 2-27 API 15-163-23536 | Murfin Drilling Co., INC | Trico | 3780 | 2006 | — |
| White 6 API 15-065-01786-0001 | Knighton Oil Co., INC | Trico | 3739 | 2005 | — |
| Romine 1-27 API 15-163-23399 | Murfin Drilling Co., INC | Trico | 3804 | 2004 | — |
| White 2 API 15-065-01783-0001 | Knighton Oil Co., INC | Trico | 3715 | 2004 | — |
| Wait 9-32 API 15-163-22965-0001 | Venture Resources, INC | Trico | 3825 | 2003 | — |
| Hedstrom 14 API 15-195-00741-0001 | Gore Oil Company | Trico | 3545 | 2002 | — |
| Vinzant 1 API 15-163-23346 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Trico | 3870 | 2002 | — |
| Keller 'a' 3 API 15-163-23314 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Trico | 3767 | 2001 | — |
| Richards 9 API 15-051-25081 | Mai Oil Operations INC | Trico | 3732 | 2001 | — |
| Veatch 2 API 15-163-23333 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Trico | 3860 | 2001 | — |
| Keller 3 API 15-163-23334 | Mai Oil Operations, INC | Trico | 3815 | 2001 | — |
| Thomas 4 API 15-195-21826-0001 | Calvin Noah, LLC | Trico | 3675 | 2000 | — |
| Cook 3 API 15-195-00716-0001 | Peel-hardman Oil Producers | Trico | 4160 | 2000 | — |
| Sutor-annon 3 API 15-163-20588-0001 | Calvin Noah | Trico | 3736 | 2000 | — |
| Veatch 2 API 15-163-03407-0001 | Mai Oil Operations INC | Trico | 3912 | 1999 | — |
| Whisman 2 API 15-051-01135-0001 | Mai Oil Operations | Trico | 3850 | 1998 | — |
| Thomas 7 API 15-195-22197 | Calvin Noah, LLC | Trico | 3635 | 1998 | — |
| Trico West Unit 115 API 15-065-22711 | Oxy Usa, INC | Trico | 3810 | 1993 | — |
| Keller 1 API 15-163-21037-0001 | O'dell-tomlinson, LLC | Trico | 3820 | 1992 | — |
| Keller 2 API 15-163-01156-0002 | Tomlinson, Sid | Trico | 3750 | 1992 | — |
| Sutor 5 API 15-163-12224-0001 | Union Pacific Resources CO | Trico | 3672 | 1991 | — |
| Hayes 3 API 15-065-22534 | Don Karst Well Svc | Trico | 0 | 1990 | — |
| Zeigler 4 API 15-065-22504 | Sterling Drilling CO | Trico | 3780 | 1989 | — |
| Keller 1 API 15-163-22936 | Mcnames & Patterson | Trico | 0 | 1988 | — |
| Wait 10-32 API 15-163-22967 | Alexander Energy Corp | Trico | 3790 | 1988 | — |
| Wait 10-32 API 15-163-22967-0001 | Alexander Energy Corp | Trico | 3790 | 1988 | — |
| Spaulding 'b' 11 API 15-195-20790-0001 | Oxy Usa, INC | Trico | 3647 | 1988 | — |
| Waite 7-32 API 15-163-22901 | Alexander Energy | Trico | 3721 | 1987 | — |
| Waite 8-32 API 15-163-22942 | Alexander Energy Corp | Trico | 3770 | 1987 | — |
| Wait 9-32 API 15-163-22965 | Alexander Energy Corp | Trico | 3825 | 1987 | — |
| Whisman 1 API 15-163-22829 | Black Diamond Oil INC | Trico | 3790 | 1986 | — |
| Thomas 4 API 15-195-21826 | Calvin Noah | Trico | 3675 | 1986 | — |
| Thomas 5 API 15-195-01012-0001 | Calvin Noah, LLC | Trico | 4068 | 1986 | — |
| Trible 10 API 15-163-22610 | Monsanto Oil CO | Trico | 0 | 1985 | — |
| Thomas 2 API 15-195-21637 | Noah, Calvin | Trico | 3655 | 1985 | — |
| Thomas 3 API 15-195-21724 | Noah, Calvin | Trico | 3715 | 1985 | — |
| Sutor-annon 6 API 15-163-21912 | Calvin Noah | Trico | 3785 | 1983 | — |
| Mckenna 3 API 15-163-21771 | Liberty Enterprises, INC | Trico | 0 | 1983 | — |
| Trico West Unit 114-w API 15-065-21509 | Cities Service Oil CO | Trico | 3720 | 1982 | — |
| Mary 1 API 15-163-21534 | Sid Tomunson | Trico | 3628 | 1982 | — |
| Keller 2 API 15-163-01156-0001 | Sid Tomlinson | Trico | 3750 | 1982 | — |
| Oil 5 API 15-065-21382 | Robinowitz Oil CO | Trico | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Romine 1 API 15-163-21387 | Bowman Oil CO | Trico | 3732 | 1981 | — |
| Spaulding 'b' 11 API 15-195-20790 | Cities Service CO | Trico | 3647 | 1981 | — |
| Romine 6 API 15-163-21050-0001 | Bowman Oil CO | Trico | 3960 | 1981 | — |
| Romine 6 API 15-163-21051-0001 | Bowman Oil CO | Trico | 1510 | 1981 | — |
| Ben Hayes 'a' 2 API 15-065-02388-0001 | Karst, Don Well Service, INC | Trico | 3841 | 1981 | — |
| Zeigler 1 API 15-065-21197 | Ozark Enterprises | Trico | 3740 | 1980 | — |
| Keller 1 API 15-163-21037 | Sid Tomlinson | Trico | 3820 | 1980 | — |
| Bollin-poague 4 API 15-163-20726 | Meltzer Oil CO | Trico | 1594 | 1977 | — |
| Trible 7 API 15-163-20635 | J.b. Collins | Trico | 3795 | 1976 | — |
| Sutor-annon 4 API 15-163-20647 | Calvin Noah | Trico | 3726 | 1976 | — |
| Sutor-annon 3 API 15-163-20588 | Calvin Noah | Trico | 3717 | 1975 | — |
| Romine 1 API 15-163-20163 | Thunderbird Drilling INC | Trico | 3747 | 1969 | — |
| Hayes 'a' 3 API 15-065-20158 | A.l. Abercrombie INC | Trico | 3785 | 1968 | — |
| Lowell 3 API 15-065-20194 | Robinowitz Oil | Trico | 3812 | 1968 | — |
| Thomas 'l' 1 API 15-163-20027 | Petroleum INC | Trico | 3400 | 1967 | — |
| Romine 1 API 15-163-30176 | Leben & Bankoff | Trico | 3804 | 1966 | — |
| Schneider 1 API 15-163-30185 | Nadel & Gussman | Trico | 3727 | 1966 | — |
| Mckenna 'd' 3 API 15-163-30186 | Petroleum INC | Trico | 3780 | 1966 | — |
| Rossman 1 API 15-163-30189 | Okmar Oil CO | Trico | 3735 | 1966 | — |
| Lewis, Ella 6 API 15-195-30112 | Theodore Gore | Trico | 3788 | 1966 | — |
| Taylor 1 API 15-195-30117 | Nadel & Gussman | Trico | 3785 | 1966 | — |
| Proper 1 API 15-195-30137 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Trico | 3675 | 1966 | — |
| Schneider 'b' 2 API 15-065-19165-0001 | Rice Energy & Operating INC | Trico | 4194 | 1966 | — |
| Barber 1 API 15-065-30054 | Petroleum INC | Trico | 3415 | 1965 | — |
| Fondoble 13 API 15-065-30060 | Cities Service Oil CO | Trico | 3765 | 1965 | — |
| Svoboda 1 API 15-065-30127 | Petroleum INC | Trico | 2900 | 1965 | — |
| Mckenna 'd' 1 API 15-163-30002 | Petroleum INC | Trico | 3415 | 1965 | — |
| Mckenna 'd' 2 API 15-163-30046 | Petroleum INC | Trico | 3769 | 1965 | — |
| Metheny 1 API 15-163-30129 | Petroleum INC | Trico | 3794 | 1965 | — |
| Webb 1 API 15-195-00236-0001 | Patton & Murfin | Trico | 3733 | 1965 | — |
| Holmes 1 API 15-065-02392 | Abercrombie Drlg INC | Trico | 3840 | 1964 | — |
| Harlan 3 API 15-163-01157 | Williams Chester | Trico | 3770 | 1964 | — |
| Miller 1 API 15-065-02391 | D & D Drilling Company, INC | Trico | 3832 | 1963 | — |
| Briggs 2 API 15-163-12500 | Chester Williams - D & D Drilling Company INC | Trico | 3690 | 1963 | — |
| Rathbun 1 API 15-065-19182 | Leo J Dreiling Oil CO | Trico | 3743 | 1962 | — |
| White 1 API 15-065-01782 | Kaiser-francis Oil CO | Trico | 3770 | 1961 | — |
| White 3 API 15-065-01784 | Kaiser-francis Oil CO | Trico | 3707 | 1961 | — |
| C. V. Lewis 7 API 15-065-02394 | Theodore Gore | Trico | 3780 | 1961 | — |
| C. V. Lewis 8 API 15-065-02535 | Theodore Gore | Trico | 3780 | 1961 | — |
| Walz 1 API 15-051-01134 | Icer Addis Oil Operations | Trico | 3725 | 1960 | — |
| Schneider 'a' 1 API 15-051-01135 | Robinowitz Oil | Trico | 3681 | 1960 | — |
| Mckenna 'a' 1 API 15-163-12448 | Robinowitz Oil CO | Trico | 3746 | 1960 | — |
| Harlan 1 API 15-163-12494 | K & E Drilling INC | Trico | 3763 | 1960 | — |
| White 1 API 15-065-00804 | Renfro Drilling CO | Trico | 3748 | 1959 | — |
| Thomas 1 API 15-163-00927 | Thunderbird Drilling INC | Trico | 3729 | 1959 | — |
| Webb 3 API 15-195-00722 | Kaiser-francis | Trico | 3675 | 1959 | — |
| Miller 'c' 1 API 15-065-01794 | Kaiser-francis | Trico | 3722 | 1958 | — |
| Miller 'c' 2 API 15-065-02346 | Kaiser-francis | Trico | 3795 | 1958 | — |
| Spaulding 'cd' 5 API 15-195-00708 | Imperial Oil CO | Trico | 3658 | 1958 | — |
| Veatch 1 API 15-163-00746 | Dane G. Hansen Trust | Trico | 3750 | 1958 | — |
| Webb 'b' 1 API 15-195-00236 | Kaiser, George Herman Oil | Trico | 3733 | 1958 | — |
| Spaulding 'c' 2 API 15-195-00241 | Imperial Oil CO | Trico | 3666 | 1958 | — |
| Thomas 2 API 15-195-01012 | Imperial Oil of Kansas | Trico | 3717 | 1958 | — |
| Spaulding 'c' 1 API 15-195-00081-0001 | Imperial Oil | Trico | 3708 | 1958 | — |
| Bieker 3 API 15-051-02344 | Herman G. Kaiser | Trico | 3600 | 1957 | — |
| Bieker 7 API 15-051-02347 | Herman Geo. Kaiser | Trico | 3719 | 1957 | — |
| Bieker 6 API 15-051-03553 | Kaiser-francis Oil CO | Trico | 3729 | 1957 | — |
| Richards 'a' 2 API 15-051-03554 | Kaiser Herman G | Trico | 3682 | 1957 | — |
| Richards 'a' 1 API 15-051-05173 | Kaiser Production Pipe & Supply | Trico | 3666 | 1957 | — |
| Zeigler 1 API 15-065-01790 | Sterling Drlg CO | Trico | 3693 | 1957 | — |
| Gaede 1 API 15-163-03086 | Peel Hardman | Trico | 3798 | 1957 | — |
| Schonthaler 'a' 1 API 15-163-03089 | Dane G. Hansen Trust | Trico | 3825 | 1957 | — |
| Sutor 7 API 15-163-03091 | Champlin Oil & Refining CO | Trico | 3840 | 1957 | — |
| Annon 3 API 15-163-03100 | Colorado Oil and Gas CO | Trico | 3865 | 1957 | — |
| Poague 3 API 15-163-03099 | Alco Oil & Gas Corp | Trico | 3735 | 1957 | — |
| Trible 6 API 15-163-03437 | Sterling Drlg CO | Trico | 3762 | 1957 | — |
| Schneider 1 API 15-163-03108 | Imperial Oil of Kansas INC | Trico | 3706 | 1957 | — |
| Veatch 4 API 15-163-02234 | Sierra Petroleum Co., Inc. Et Al | Trico | 3685 | 1957 | — |
| Briggs 3 API 15-163-03114 | C-g Drilling CO & Oil Trading Associates | Trico | 3828 | 1957 | — |
| Aaron Thomas 2 API 15-163-06622 | Magnolia Petr Corp | Trico | 3657 | 1957 | — |
| Thomas 2 API 15-195-00957 | Cities Service CO | Trico | 3770 | 1957 | — |
| Spaulding 'b' 8 API 15-195-00705 | Imperial Oil CO | Trico | 3651 | 1957 | — |
Fields of a comparable size
- Winterschied 588
- Victory 579
- Lacygne-cadmus 563
- Huffstutter 558
- Ritz-canton 550
- Cherry Creek 532
- Gates 530
- Fredonia 511
- Wc 506
- Eubank 505
- Buffalo-vilas 505
- Owl Creek 488
- Alford 484
- Boyd 478
- Greenwood Gas Area 459
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.