The Welch-bornholdt field
798 wells — 0.2% of the Kansas register.
What stands out in the Welch-bornholdt field
The operator named on most of these records is Bennett H C, on 32 of them (4.0%), ahead of Plains Expl Corp (26) and Sher-lon Corp (22). The oldest well here was completed in 1924 and the most recent in 2018, and the deepest reaches 4250 feet — Sandhill Disposal 1, drilled in 1985.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3419 ft | 3540 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — in the Welch-bornholdt field
620 of the 798 wells in the Welch-bornholdt field are classed as plugged and abandoned. 3 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 16 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, 372 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Producing formations
| Formation | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippian | 5 | 0.6% |
| Mississippi | 5 | 0.6% |
| Lansing-kansas City | 4 | 0.5% |
| Mississippian System | 3 | 0.4% |
| Arbuckle | 1 | 0.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bennett H C | 32 | 4.0% |
| Plains Expl Corp | 26 | 3.3% |
| Sher-lon Corp | 22 | 2.8% |
| Kansas Horizon Oil | 21 | 2.6% |
| Continental Oil CO | 20 | 2.5% |
| Sterling Drlg CO | 18 | 2.3% |
| Westgate-greenland Oil CO | 17 | 2.1% |
| Plains Exploration | 16 | 2.0% |
| Commercial Oil | 16 | 2.0% |
| Plains Expl CO | 15 | 1.9% |
| F G Holl | 14 | 1.8% |
| Prairie Oil & Gas CO | 13 | 1.6% |
| Branine & Holl | 12 | 1.5% |
| Culver-grounds Oil Prop | 8 | 1.0% |
An old well on land in Kansas?
3 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 798 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knackstedt 1-expl API 15-113-21243 | Kansas Corporation Commission | Welch-bornholdt | 500 | 1993 | State |
| Hayward 1 API 15-159-22111 | Kansas Horizon Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3470 | 1986 | State |
| Herbert E. Ramsey, Jr 3-7 API 15-159-21388 | Gulfco Prod | Welch-bornholdt | 3645 | 1982 | State |
| Krehbiel 1 API 15-159-22774 | Cmx, INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3500 | 2014 | — |
| Fry 7 API 15-159-22623-0001 | Krehbiel, Jay Dba K & S Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3483 | 2014 | — |
| Krehbiel Trust Swd 1 API 15-159-21007-0001 | Cmx, INC | Welch-bornholdt | 4231 | 2014 | — |
| Fry Farms 1h-23 API 15-159-22733-0100 | Midstates Petroleum Company LLC | Welch-bornholdt | 3194 | 2013 | — |
| Hodgson 1h-22 API 15-159-22735-0100 | Midstates Petroleum Company LLC | Welch-bornholdt | 3411 | 2013 | — |
| Fry J 3 API 15-159-35486-0001 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3338 | 2010 | — |
| Porter 1-35 API 15-159-22457 | Nadel and Gussman, LLC | Welch-bornholdt | 3436 | 2005 | — |
| Anderson 'b' 2 API 15-159-02033-0002 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 4000 | 2005 | — |
| Mattson Estate 4 API 15-159-22383 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3366 | 2001 | — |
| Premer 1 API 15-159-22345 | Kermit Schmidt Oil Operations | Welch-bornholdt | 3520 | 1993 | — |
| Clara-louise 'b' 1 API 15-159-22191 | Kansas Horizon Oil, INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3400 | 1987 | — |
| Parker A 3 API 15-159-21692 | Lassetter Petr Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1985 | — |
| Sandhill Disposal 1 API 15-159-21967 | Kansas Horizon Oil INC | Welch-bornholdt | 4250 | 1985 | — |
| Lindell 2 API 15-159-21929 | Kansas Horizaon Oil, INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3391 | 1985 | — |
| Wal-mar 1 API 15-159-21968 | Kansas Horizon Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3490 | 1985 | — |
| Braden 'a' Was Braden 'c' 1-1 2 API 15-159-21984 | Mid-kansas Exploration CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3425 | 1985 | — |
| Rogers 1 API 15-159-21693 | Lassetter Petroleum Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1985 | — |
| Lisa Walsten 1 API 15-159-21694 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1985 | — |
| Hill 1 API 15-159-21637 | Thomson-monteith and Grb Resources | Welch-bornholdt | 3850 | 1984 | — |
| Peterson 1 API 15-159-21658 | Bolding Grady Corp Etal | Welch-bornholdt | 3887 | 1984 | — |
| Harder Dan (twin) 1 API 15-159-21741 | Lassetter Pet | Welch-bornholdt | 3500 | 1984 | — |
| Swabby 1 API 15-159-21799 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3637 | 1984 | — |
| Blew 1 API 15-159-21807 | Kansas Horizon Oil, INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3435 | 1984 | — |
| Snyder 1 API 15-159-21880 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3350 | 1984 | — |
| Knight 1 API 15-159-21883 | Kansas Horizon Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3400 | 1984 | — |
| Johnson 'c' 1 API 15-159-21889 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3720 | 1984 | — |
| Lackey 1 API 15-159-21738 | Schmidt, Kermit Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1984 | — |
| Herbert E. Ramsey, Jr 4-7 API 15-159-21560 | Gulfco Prod | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1983 | — |
| Hartman C 1 API 15-159-21584 | Gulfco Prod CO | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1983 | — |
| Lindholm 2 API 15-159-03707-0001 | Krehbiel Homer G | Welch-bornholdt | 3898 | 1983 | — |
| Wright 1 API 15-159-21602 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3680 | 1983 | — |
| Johnson B 1 API 15-159-21673 | Kansas Horizon Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3389 | 1983 | — |
| L. E. Watson 1-6 API 15-159-21348 | Gulfco Prod | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Renollet 'a' 1 API 15-159-21407 | Chinook Energy Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Ensz 2 API 15-113-21007 | Edwards Oil Incorporated | Welch-bornholdt | 3900 | 1982 | — |
| Turner 4 API 15-159-21410 | F G Holl | Welch-bornholdt | 3600 | 1982 | — |
| Brothers 5 API 15-159-21422 | Holl F G | Welch-bornholdt | 3573 | 1982 | — |
| Wolf 'b' 4-6 Or 1 API 15-159-21426 | Sher-lon Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3540 | 1982 | — |
| Spohn 'a' 2 API 15-159-21474 | Sher-lon Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3287 | 1982 | — |
| Spohn 'b' 2 API 15-159-21517 | Sher-lon Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3280 | 1982 | — |
| Lackey 1 API 15-159-21006 | Edwards Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Mckee B 4 API 15-159-21085 | K & A INC | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Wendt 3 API 15-159-21132 | Questor Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3444 | 1981 | — |
| Wendt 1 API 15-159-21055 | Moriarity John | Welch-bornholdt | 3477 | 1981 | — |
| Coup 'b' 2 API 15-159-21080 | Brown Dale S | Welch-bornholdt | 3430 | 1981 | — |
| Lindholm 1 API 15-159-21105 | Krehbiel Homer G | Welch-bornholdt | 3321 | 1981 | — |
| Fry J 1 API 15-159-21109 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3415 | 1981 | — |
| Johnson 1 API 15-159-21110 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3320 | 1981 | — |
| Wendt 2 API 15-159-21115 | Questor Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3463 | 1981 | — |
| Renollet 'a' 1 API 15-159-21177 | Sher-lon Corporation | Welch-bornholdt | 3535 | 1981 | — |
| Wolf 'b' Or 'a' 2 3-6 API 15-159-21183 | Sher-lon Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3550 | 1981 | — |
| Walsten 'a' 3 API 15-159-21229 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3539 | 1981 | — |
| Wilhaus 5 API 15-159-21292 | F G Holl | Welch-bornholdt | 3530 | 1981 | — |
| Walsten Trust 1 API 15-159-20319-0001 | F. G. Holl Company L.l.c | Welch-bornholdt | 4235 | 1981 | — |
| Miller 2 API 15-159-20942 | Tomkat LTD | Welch-bornholdt | 4202 | 1980 | — |
| Knight 1 API 15-159-20988 | Howell Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3400 | 1980 | — |
| Wolf 'b' Or Wolf 1 1-6 API 15-159-21008 | Sher-lon Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3523 | 1980 | — |
| Nina Joy 1 API 15-159-20578 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3597 | 1975 | — |
| Brown 1 API 15-159-20404 | Commercial Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3522 | 1972 | — |
| Renollet 'b' 1 API 15-159-20271 | Commercial Oil INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3492 | 1970 | — |
| Walsten 'e' 1 API 15-159-20290 | Commercial Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3535 | 1970 | — |
| Walsten Estate 5 API 15-159-20327 | Commercial Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3522 | 1970 | — |
| Malm Unit 4 API 15-159-20232 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3302 | 1969 | — |
| Brothers 4 API 15-159-20106 | Holl F G | Welch-bornholdt | 3490 | 1968 | — |
| Brothers 1-1 API 15-159-20073 | F.g. Holl Co., LLC | Welch-bornholdt | 3486 | 1967 | — |
| Fry H 1 API 15-159-72137 | Plains Expl CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3360 | 1966 | — |
| Unit B 1 API 15-159-30223 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3280 | 1966 | — |
| Olander 1 API 15-159-30244 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3373 | 1966 | — |
| Murray 1 API 15-159-30274 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3291 | 1966 | — |
| Conrad 2 API 15-159-30279 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3351 | 1966 | — |
| Fry 1 1 API 15-159-30283 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3324 | 1966 | — |
| Wernet 3 API 15-159-30326 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3270 | 1966 | — |
| Hokr 1 API 15-159-30012 | Plains Expl Company | Welch-bornholdt | 3290 | 1965 | — |
| Fry 1 API 15-159-30064 | Braden-deem INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3332 | 1965 | — |
| Conrad 1 API 15-159-30065 | Plains Explo | Welch-bornholdt | 3350 | 1965 | — |
| Wernet 5 API 15-159-30067 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3403 | 1965 | — |
| Johnson 2 API 15-159-30161 | Rock Island Oil & Ref | Welch-bornholdt | 3305 | 1965 | — |
| Johnson A 1 API 15-159-30230 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3302 | 1965 | — |
| Ihde 1 API 15-159-03604 | D R Lauck Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3400 | 1964 | — |
| Lindholm B 1 API 15-159-02571 | Plains Expl CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3404 | 1963 | — |
| White 'c' 3 API 15-159-19387 | Sterling Drilling CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3399 | 1963 | — |
| Ainsworth 2 API 15-159-19177 | Plains Exploration CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3425 | 1963 | — |
| Fry 3 API 15-159-35486 | Donald T. Ingling | Welch-bornholdt | 3327 | 1963 | — |
| Fry J 2 API 15-159-35492 | Ingling, Donald T | Welch-bornholdt | 3340 | 1963 | — |
| Rose 1 API 15-159-72133 | Braden Drilling Co., INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3316 | 1962 | — |
| Jones Ann 1 API 15-159-72139 | Plains Expl CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3428 | 1962 | — |
| Ainsworth 1 API 15-159-19176 | Plains Exploration CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3384 | 1962 | — |
| Fair B 2 API 15-159-02584 | Plains Expl Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3439 | 1960 | — |
| Lindholm 1 API 15-159-03618 | Plains Expl CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3400 | 1960 | — |
| Smith 1 API 15-159-72129 | Braden Drilling, INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3280 | 1960 | — |
| Malm B 2 API 15-159-35495 | Plains Expl | Welch-bornholdt | 0 | 1960 | — |
| Libby A 1 API 15-159-72236 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3396 | 1960 | — |
| Walton D 1 API 15-159-72268 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3416 | 1960 | — |
| J. Johanssen 1 API 15-159-00466 | Don T Ingling | Welch-bornholdt | 3430 | 1960 | — |
| Eaton 1 API 15-159-00606 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3418 | 1960 | — |
| Johnson 'c' 1 API 15-159-03456 | Plains Expl | Welch-bornholdt | 3360 | 1960 | — |
| Smyres 1 API 15-159-06660 | Geo Siegrist Etal | Welch-bornholdt | 3339 | 1960 | — |
| Fair 2 API 15-159-03620 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3481 | 1959 | — |
| Lindholm 2 API 15-159-03668 | George B. Siegrist | Welch-bornholdt | 3316 | 1959 | — |
| Wernet 1 API 15-159-72134 | Braden Drilling, INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3292 | 1959 | — |
| Duvall B 8 API 15-159-72230 | Plains Expl Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3385 | 1959 | — |
| Wernett 1 API 15-159-00119 | Plains Exploration | Welch-bornholdt | 3416 | 1959 | — |
| Moll 3 API 15-159-35505 | — | Welch-bornholdt | 3402 | 1959 | — |
| W. M. Myers 1 API 15-159-03665 | Bennett H C | Welch-bornholdt | 3473 | 1958 | — |
| Lackey 'b' 1 API 15-159-03790 | Hipple Carl Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3354 | 1958 | — |
| Duvall B 6 API 15-159-72222 | Plains Expl Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3388 | 1958 | — |
| Geimen 1 API 15-159-00237 | Bennett H C & Smith | Welch-bornholdt | 3520 | 1958 | — |
| Moll 2 API 15-159-03788 | Plains Expl Etal | Welch-bornholdt | 3396 | 1958 | — |
| Wendt 2 API 15-159-02043 | Sterling Drlg CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3450 | 1957 | — |
| Fuller 1 API 15-159-03805 | Thos H Allan | Welch-bornholdt | 3544 | 1957 | — |
| Swanson B 2 API 15-159-04279 | Oil Trading Assoc | Welch-bornholdt | 3381 | 1957 | — |
| Mattson 3 API 15-159-04280 | Lance C Hill Et Al | Welch-bornholdt | 3562 | 1957 | — |
| Snyder 1 API 15-159-05097 | George B Siegrist | Welch-bornholdt | 3353 | 1957 | — |
| Renollet 'a' 3 API 15-159-73283 | Bennett H C | Welch-bornholdt | 3469 | 1957 | — |
| Gieman 3 API 15-113-00348 | Oil Trdg Assoc INC | Welch-bornholdt | 3451 | 1957 | — |
| Wendt 1 API 15-159-02042 | Davis-childs Motor | Welch-bornholdt | 3437 | 1956 | — |
| W. John 6 API 15-159-02055 | Continental Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3371 | 1956 | — |
| Brothers, J 1 API 15-159-03364 | Raymond Francis M Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3467 | 1956 | — |
| Duvall B 5 API 15-159-04241 | Plains Expl Corp | Welch-bornholdt | 3412 | 1956 | — |
| Renollet 'a' 2 API 15-159-04264 | Bennett H C | Welch-bornholdt | 3484 | 1956 | — |
| Walsten 2 API 15-159-04270 | Bennett H C | Welch-bornholdt | 3380 | 1956 | — |
| Cleavinger 7 API 15-159-04300 | Seeger Oil & Gas | Welch-bornholdt | 3427 | 1956 | — |
| Swanson A 1 API 15-159-00135 | Ada Oil & Sterling | Welch-bornholdt | 3411 | 1956 | — |
| Ulrey 1 API 15-159-00141 | Bennett & Gould | Welch-bornholdt | 3301 | 1956 | — |
| Barns 1 API 15-113-00496 | Plains Exploration & Sterling Drlg CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3485 | 1956 | — |
| Neel 1 API 15-113-00528 | Osage Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3476 | 1956 | — |
| Koelsch 1 API 15-113-00535 | Osage Oil & Gas | Welch-bornholdt | 3500 | 1956 | — |
| Fry 1 API 15-159-03589 | Sterling and Plains Expl CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3345 | 1955 | — |
| Lackey Estate 2 API 15-159-03792 | Dozier J C Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3384 | 1955 | — |
| Walsten 4 API 15-159-03796 | Bennett H C | Welch-bornholdt | 3416 | 1955 | — |
| Fuller 1 API 15-159-03807 | Dozier Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3496 | 1955 | — |
| Nelson 5 API 15-159-04319 | Donald T. Ingling | Welch-bornholdt | 3317 | 1955 | — |
| Slabach 2 API 15-159-04324 | Stag Drlg CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3400 | 1955 | — |
| Fry B 1 API 15-159-72152 | Sterling Drlg | Welch-bornholdt | 3340 | 1955 | — |
| Ruthrauff 1 API 15-113-00123 | Trans-era Petroleum | Welch-bornholdt | 3480 | 1955 | — |
| Ellwood 1 API 15-113-00129 | Bennett & Gould | Welch-bornholdt | 3492 | 1955 | — |
| Carlson 1 API 15-113-00149 | Rupp-ferguson Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3512 | 1955 | — |
| Moll 1 API 15-159-00346 | Sterling Drlg Et Al | Welch-bornholdt | 3435 | 1955 | — |
| Lackey Estate 1 API 15-159-00355 | Dozier Oil | Welch-bornholdt | 3335 | 1955 | — |
| Hanson 2 API 15-159-00360 | Plains Expl Et Al | Welch-bornholdt | 3378 | 1955 | — |
| Van Horn 1 API 15-159-00370 | Greenland Drilling CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3423 | 1955 | — |
| Swanson 1 API 15-159-00381 | Oil Trading CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3455 | 1955 | — |
| Harder A 4 API 15-159-72251 | Sterling Drilling CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3422 | 1955 | — |
| Malm 1 API 15-159-02561 | William L Graham Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3279 | 1954 | — |
| Malm 4 API 15-159-03361 | Kewanee Oil CO | Welch-bornholdt | 3329 | 1954 | — |
| Slabach 1 API 15-159-03591 | Jess Cling | Welch-bornholdt | 3358 | 1954 | — |
| Lackey 1 API 15-159-03791 | J L Chew | Welch-bornholdt | 3390 | 1954 | — |
Fields of a comparable size
- Lost Springs 1,083
- Marcotte 1,019
- Fairport 1,002
- Colony-welda 949
- Zenith-peace Creek 934
- Geneseo-edwards 864
- Garnett Shoestring 837
- Moran 819
- Bradshaw Gas Area 797
- Iuka-carmi 783
- Baldwin 777
- Otis-albert 770
- Centerville 758
- Louisburg 753
- Cooper 737
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.