The Council Grove formation
417 wells name this formation. The field is recorded on only 21 % of the register, so this is the minority that carries one.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3100 ft | 5200 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What stands out on the Council Grove
The operator named on most of these records is Oxy Usa, INC, on 97 of them (23.3%), ahead of Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC (42) and Bp America Production CO (33). The oldest well here was completed in 1941 and the most recent in 2014, and the deepest reaches 8480 feet — Cimarron Bluff 1, drilled in 2002.
Where it is produced
| County | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Haskell | 80 | 19.2% |
| Grant | 67 | 16.1% |
| Kearny | 66 | 15.8% |
| Finney | 61 | 14.6% |
| Stevens | 45 | 10.8% |
| Seward | 25 | 6.0% |
| Meade | 24 | 5.8% |
| Morton | 15 | 3.6% |
| Stanton | 14 | 3.4% |
| Hamilton | 7 | 1.7% |
| Gray | 6 | 1.4% |
| Sumner | 1 | 0.2% |
| Comanche | 1 | 0.2% |
| Wichita | 1 | 0.2% |
| Clark | 1 | 0.2% |
| Pratt | 1 | 0.2% |
| Stafford | 1 | 0.2% |
| Pawnee | 1 | 0.2% |
In which fields
| Field | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Panoma | 217 | 52.0% |
| Panoma Gas Area | 78 | 18.7% |
| Hugoton | 49 | 11.8% |
| Hugoton Gas Area | 11 | 2.6% |
| Wildcat | 11 | 2.6% |
| Horace South | 5 | 1.2% |
| Unknown | 4 | 1.0% |
| Holt | 4 | 1.0% |
| Damme | 3 | 0.7% |
| Kismet | 3 | 0.7% |
| Iris | 2 | 0.5% |
| Bradshaw | 2 | 0.5% |
| Adams Ranch | 2 | 0.5% |
| Stevens | 2 | 0.5% |
What happened to these wells — on the Council Grove
55 of the 417 wells on the Council Grove are classed as plugged and abandoned. 0 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 50 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, 57 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
An old well on land in Kansas?
0 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 417 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rider Gas Unit 'a' 2 API 15-067-20217 | Amoco Production CO | Panoma Gas Area | 2840 | 2014 | — |
| Sudan Interior Mission 3-17 API 15-055-20586-0001 | Devon Energy Production Company, L.p | Amazon Ditch | 4094 | 2012 | — |
| Sudan Interior Mission 1-17 API 15-055-20240-0002 | Devon Energy Production Company, L.p | Amazon Ditch | 4360 | 2012 | — |
| Shinogle 24-3a API 15-119-21244-0001 | T-n-t Engineering, INC | Novinger | 6356 | 2009 | — |
| Longcor 'b' 3 API 15-175-22107 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 2815 | 2008 | — |
| Bohn 'c' 4 API 15-129-21822 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3073 | 2008 | — |
| Dewell 'a' 3 API 15-081-21760 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3201 | 2008 | — |
| Groth 'c' 1 API 15-081-21779 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3125 | 2008 | — |
| Randle 'a' 1 API 15-081-21780 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3113 | 2008 | — |
| Garden City 'o' 3 API 15-093-21823 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3033 | 2008 | — |
| Garden City 'j' 3 API 15-055-21965 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3025 | 2008 | — |
| Garden City 'h' 10 API 15-055-21966 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3038 | 2008 | — |
| Mcwilliams Atu 'a' 4 API 15-055-21967 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton Gas Area | 3048 | 2008 | — |
| Jones Atu 'd' 4 API 15-055-21968 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton Gas Area | 3092 | 2008 | — |
| Hitch 'a' 4 API 15-175-22135 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3172 | 2008 | — |
| Ladner Atu 'e' 5 API 15-067-21651 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton Gas Area | 3135 | 2008 | — |
| Sharp 'a' 4 API 15-093-21824 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3029 | 2008 | — |
| Jerman 'a' 5 API 15-175-22089-0001 | Oxy Usa, INC | Holt Northwest | 6300 | 2008 | — |
| Drew 'a' 6 API 15-129-21840 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 2860 | 2008 | — |
| Rademacher Atu 'a' 5 API 15-067-21654 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3109 | 2008 | — |
| Henthorn 4-15 API 15-067-21653 | Oil Producers Inc. of Kansas | Panoma Gas Area | 2800 | 2008 | — |
| Bentley 'a' 4 API 15-129-21842 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3130 | 2008 | — |
| Atkins Atu 'j' 3 API 15-081-21812 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 2953 | 2008 | — |
| Hoffman Atu 'k' 4 API 15-067-21664 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3141 | 2008 | — |
| Alderman Atu 'a' 4 API 15-067-21665 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3041 | 2008 | — |
| A & S 1-27 API 15-055-21989 | Bengalia Land and Cattle Company | Panoma Gas Area | 2703 | 2008 | — |
| Boatright 1-3 API 15-081-21828 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3100 | 2008 | — |
| Hobble 4-15 API 15-081-21829 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3008 | 2008 | — |
| Trimpa 1-3 API 15-081-21827 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3115 | 2008 | — |
| Becker 'c' 3-10 API 15-175-22159 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 2995 | 2008 | — |
| Yeager 3-2 API 15-175-22158 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3012 | 2008 | — |
| Anton 3-21 API 15-081-21834 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3015 | 2008 | — |
| Hamlin Atu 'a' 3 API 15-093-21837 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3121 | 2008 | — |
| Fry Brothers 'b' 5 API 15-067-21676 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3202 | 2008 | — |
| Warner, F. R., Atu 4-4 API 15-175-22162 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 2976 | 2008 | — |
| Spratt Atu 'f' 4 API 15-055-22025 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3148 | 2008 | — |
| Tait Atu 'b' 4 API 15-055-22029 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3122 | 2008 | — |
| Tate Atu 'b' 5 API 15-093-21841 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton Gas Area | 3119 | 2008 | — |
| Martin 1 API 15-093-21697-0001 | — | Panoma | 5300 | 2008 | — |
| Moore 'b' 1 API 15-081-21686 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma Gas Area | 3142 | 2007 | — |
| Barnard 3-32 API 15-189-22557 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3220 | 2007 | — |
| Keating Unit 2-4-7 API 15-189-22558 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3277 | 2007 | — |
| Wheatley 'a' 1 API 15-081-21707 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3100 | 2007 | — |
| Groth 'b' 1 API 15-081-21745 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3110 | 2007 | — |
| Clair-curry Unit 4-29 API 15-093-21778-0001 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma Gas Area | 5700 | 2007 | — |
| Frost 3 Cg-5 API 15-093-21809 | Kansas Natural Gas Operating, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 2962 | 2007 | — |
| Unrein 3 Cg-33 API 15-093-21810 | Kansas Natural Gas Operating, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 2961 | 2007 | — |
| Ungles 'a' 5 API 15-081-21763 | Oxy Usa, INC | Hugoton | 3150 | 2007 | — |
| Whitman-brennaman 'a' 3 API 15-093-21741-0001 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3125 | 2007 | — |
| Dorth Erhardt Unit 3-19 API 15-129-21762 | Exxon-mobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3293 | 2006 | — |
| William Mast Unit 'b' 5 API 15-189-22493 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3320 | 2006 | — |
| Kidd 1-26 API 15-055-21891 | Continental Energy | Panoma | 3020 | 2006 | — |
| Campbell 11-2r-23 API 15-093-21771 | Xto Energy INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3023 | 2006 | — |
| Masonic Home 4-2r-35 API 15-093-21772 | Xto Energy INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3025 | 2006 | — |
| Masonic Home 3-2r-36 API 15-093-21773 | Xto Energy INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3050 | 2006 | — |
| Garden City 'k' 3 API 15-055-21899 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3030 | 2006 | — |
| Garden City 'm' 3 API 15-055-21900 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3141 | 2006 | — |
| Molz 'a' 3 API 15-093-21776 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3161 | 2006 | — |
| Sloan 'a' 4 API 15-175-22021 | Oxy Usa, INC | Holt | 3110 | 2006 | — |
| Davis 'a' 3 API 15-175-22022 | Oxy Usa, INC | Holt | 3215 | 2006 | — |
| Parker 'a' 3 API 15-093-21777 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3153 | 2006 | — |
| Hitch 'a' 3 API 15-175-22024 | Oxy Usa, INC | Holt | 3216 | 2006 | — |
| Marteney 'b' 3 API 15-175-22025 | Oxy Usa, INC | Holt | 3216 | 2006 | — |
| Gann 'b' 4 API 15-055-21904 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3109 | 2006 | — |
| Garden City 'g' 3 API 15-055-21907 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3075 | 2006 | — |
| Stone 'a' 3 API 15-055-21908 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3108 | 2006 | — |
| Drussel 'c' 3 API 15-055-21909 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3115 | 2006 | — |
| Drussel 'd' 3 API 15-055-21910 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3096 | 2006 | — |
| Walker 'a' 3 API 15-055-21911 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3115 | 2006 | — |
| Lautaret 'a' 5 API 15-129-21776 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3186 | 2006 | — |
| Stone 'a' 3 API 15-055-21914 | Rincon Oil & Gas LLC | Panoma | 3010 | 2006 | — |
| Brownell Unit 3-31 API 15-189-22512 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3222 | 2006 | — |
| Keating 5-8 API 15-189-22513 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3270 | 2006 | — |
| Jones 1 'h' Unit 3-24 API 15-189-22515 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3341 | 2006 | — |
| Nix 3-30 API 15-189-22521 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3265 | 2006 | — |
| Jennings Gas Unit 3-30 API 15-189-22526 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3285 | 2006 | — |
| Newby 2-29 API 15-189-22527 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3285 | 2006 | — |
| White 1 C Unit 3-19 API 15-189-22528 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3271 | 2006 | — |
| Anderson Unit 3-27 API 15-189-22529 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3210 | 2006 | — |
| Prather Unit 3-29 API 15-189-22531 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma | 3280 | 2006 | — |
| Elliott B-1 API 15-081-21684 | Cimarex Energy Company | Panoma | 3153 | 2006 | — |
| Groth 'a' 2 API 15-081-21685 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma Gas Area | 3145 | 2006 | — |
| Murphy 'a' 1 API 15-081-21687 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma Gas Area | 3125 | 2006 | — |
| Burgess 'd' 1 API 15-175-21938-0001 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma Gas Area | 2964 | 2006 | — |
| Taylor Jones Unit (eog) 7-1 API 15-055-21901-0001 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma Gas Area | 5400 | 2006 | — |
| G. W. Shell 2 API 15-189-22442-0002 | Exxonmobil Oil Corp | Panoma Gas Area | 6700 | 2006 | — |
| Reeve Gas Unit 4 API 15-055-21818 | Bp America Production CO | Panoma | 2986 | 2005 | — |
| Robertson 1-4 API 15-081-20343-0001 | Becker Oil Corporation | Bedell | 4152 | 2005 | — |
| Drussel 'b' 3 API 15-055-21850 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3140 | 2005 | — |
| Wilks 'a' 4 API 15-067-21591 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3121 | 2005 | — |
| Diehl 'a' 4 API 15-067-21592 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3128 | 2005 | — |
| Reed 'd' 4 API 15-067-21593 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3120 | 2005 | — |
| Dew 'a' 4 API 15-067-21594 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3132 | 2005 | — |
| Plymell 'a' 4 API 15-067-21595 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3110 | 2005 | — |
| Fort 'a' 4 API 15-067-21596 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3105 | 2005 | — |
| English 'c' 4 API 15-067-21597 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3108 | 2005 | — |
| Hoffman 'j' 4 API 15-067-21599 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3076 | 2005 | — |
| Howell 'a' 4 API 15-081-21561 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3120 | 2005 | — |
| Elliot 'a' 6 API 15-081-21564 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3098 | 2005 | — |
| Beaty 'a' 4 API 15-093-21753 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3136 | 2005 | — |
| Tate 'b' 4 API 15-093-21754 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3124 | 2005 | — |
| Crayton 'a' 5 API 15-129-21747 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3100 | 2005 | — |
| Watkins 'a' 3 API 15-081-21571 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3152 | 2005 | — |
| Cross 4-32 API 15-187-21048 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 2915 | 2005 | — |
| English 'f' 5 API 15-067-21606 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3156 | 2005 | — |
| Deyoe 'a' 4 API 15-067-21607 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3165 | 2005 | — |
| Loucks 'r' 4-31 API 15-093-21758 | Xto Energy INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3080 | 2005 | — |
| Dj 1 API 15-055-21870 | American Warrior, INC | Panoma | 3200 | 2005 | — |
| Adam Molz Gas Unit 3 API 15-093-21762 | Bp America Production Company | Hugoton | 2971 | 2005 | — |
| Herrington Gas Unit 3 API 15-093-21763 | Bp America Production Company | Hugoton | 2970 | 2005 | — |
| Robertson 2-4 API 15-081-21630 | Becker Oil Corporation | Hugoton | 3204 | 2005 | — |
| Kleeman G.u. 'c' 3 API 15-093-21734 | Bp America Production Company | Panoma | 3004 | 2004 | — |
| Lohman Gas Unit 3 API 15-093-21735 | Bp America Production Company | Panoma | 3077 | 2004 | — |
| Mallams Gas Unit 3 API 15-093-21736 | Bp America Production CO | Panoma | 3006 | 2004 | — |
| Nuss Gas Unit 'a' 3 API 15-093-21739 | Bp America Production Company | Panoma | 2884 | 2004 | — |
| Tait 'd' 3 API 15-055-21815 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3100 | 2004 | — |
| Reeve 'a' 3 API 15-055-21816 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3148 | 2004 | — |
| Mccandless 'a' 5 API 15-067-21556 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma Gas Area | 3105 | 2004 | — |
| Whitman-brennaman 'a' 3 API 15-093-21741 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3125 | 2004 | — |
| Baughman 't' 4 API 15-067-21571 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3117 | 2004 | — |
| Lemon 'b' 3 API 15-081-21522 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3100 | 2004 | — |
| Laird 'b' 3 API 15-081-21523 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3110 | 2004 | — |
| Bishop Gas Unit 4 API 15-129-21728 | Bp America Production Company | Panoma | 2726 | 2004 | — |
| Kinsler Gas Unit 'a' 4 API 15-129-21734 | Bp America Production Company | Panoma | 2632 | 2004 | — |
| Brown 'c' 4 API 15-187-21027 | Bp America Production CO | Panoma | 2744 | 2004 | — |
| C. N. King 4-19r API 15-067-21573 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3100 | 2004 | — |
| Comer 2-6r API 15-067-21576 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3132 | 2004 | — |
| O. V. Ray 6-21r API 15-081-21528 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3018 | 2004 | — |
| Mason 2-1r API 15-189-22471 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3137 | 2004 | — |
| Hindmarsh 2-33r API 15-067-21581 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3207 | 2004 | — |
| Baughman 's' 4 API 15-067-21582 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3138 | 2004 | — |
| English 'h' 4 API 15-067-21583 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3105 | 2004 | — |
| Stubbs 'a' 4 API 15-067-21584 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3105 | 2004 | — |
| Unruh 'b' 4 API 15-081-21529 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3104 | 2004 | — |
| Frey 'b' 4 API 15-081-21530 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3100 | 2004 | — |
| Kirmayer Estate 3-24r API 15-067-21586 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3100 | 2004 | — |
| Cornelson 'b' 1 API 15-081-21538 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3060 | 2004 | — |
| Mccoy 'a' 1 API 15-081-21539 | Cimarex Energy CO | Panoma | 3020 | 2004 | — |
| Mccreery 2-10r API 15-189-22475 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3305 | 2004 | — |
| Reimer 'c' 1 API 15-081-21541 | Cimarex Energy Company | Panoma | 3030 | 2004 | — |
| Hall 3-1r API 15-067-21589 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa, INC | Panoma | 3281 | 2004 | — |
| Statton Unit 2-4 API 15-189-20786-0001 | — | Panoma Gas Area | 6997 | 2004 | — |
| Collins 1 API 15-055-10002-0003 | Continental Energy | Damme | 3120 | 2004 | — |
| Leslie 1-33r API 15-081-21436 | Pioneer Natural Resources Usa | Panoma | 3100 | 2003 | — |
| Johnson 'g' 4 API 15-067-21508 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3120 | 2003 | — |
| Cook 'c' 4 API 15-081-21462 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3140 | 2003 | — |
| Pickens 'a' 4 API 15-081-21463 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3100 | 2003 | — |
| Eubank 'b' 3 API 15-081-21464 | Oxy Usa, INC | Panoma | 3140 | 2003 | — |
| Thomas 'a' 4 API 15-093-21720 | Bp America Production Company | Panoma | 2865 | 2003 | — |
| Loucks'b' 4 API 15-093-21721 | Bp America Production Company | Panoma | 3033 | 2003 | — |
Other formations
- Squirrel 11,151
- Mississippian 10,791
- Arbuckle 10,446
- Bartlesville 10,057
- Chase Group 8,994
- Mississippi 5,201
- Lansing-kansas City 3,409
- Council Grove Group 2,462
- Morrow 1,978
- Arbuckle Group 1,866
- Oarb 1,814
- Lansing 1,580
- Cherokee Coals 1,493
- Peru 1,454
- Niobrara 1,349
- Cattleman 1,108
- Viola 1,051
- Kansas City 997
- Squirrel Sand 995
- Arbuckle, Lansing Kansas City 993
- Cherokee 988
- St Louis 947
- Mississippian System 934
- Chase 899
- Wayside 884
- Marmaton 825
- Mrw L 809
- Chester 732
- Simpson 678
- Lansing Kansas City 576
- Mrw U 514
- Tucker 497