The Oarb formation
1,814 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 | 3289 ft | 3370 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What stands out on the Oarb
The operator named on most of these records is Gulf Oil Corp, on 92 of them (5.1%), ahead of Skelly Oil CO (47) and Cities Service CO (43). The oldest well here was completed in 1930 and the most recent in 2011, and the deepest reaches 4148 feet — L. K. Gum 3, drilled in 1938.
Where it is produced
| County | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1,814 | 100.0% |
In which fields
| Field | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chase-silica | 1,646 | 90.7% |
| Tobias | 66 | 3.6% |
| Tobias Northwest | 32 | 1.8% |
| Ixl | 25 | 1.4% |
| Mary Ida South | 10 | 0.6% |
| Mansz | 8 | 0.4% |
| Munyon | 7 | 0.4% |
| Unknown | 4 | 0.2% |
| Rick Se | 3 | 0.2% |
| Cow Creek | 3 | 0.2% |
| Mooney | 2 | 0.1% |
| Rick | 2 | 0.1% |
| Silica | 2 | 0.1% |
| Brandenstein | 1 | 0.1% |
What happened to these wells — on the Oarb
1,477 of the 1,814 wells on the Oarb are classed as plugged and abandoned. 1 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 9 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, 482 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
An old well on land in Kansas?
1 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 1,814 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doran 3 API 15-159-03858 | Atlantic Refg CO | Chase-silica | 3283 | 1943 | State |
| Eugene Malone 4 API 15-159-22357 | Malone Oil & Gas CO | Chase-silica | 3360 | 1997 | — |
| Quattlebaum 4 API 15-159-22318 | Tomkat LTD | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1992 | — |
| Engelhardt 4 API 15-159-22337 | Fox Don G | Chase-silica | 3370 | 1992 | — |
| Coleman 1 API 15-159-22304 | T J Resources | Chase-silica | 3344 | 1991 | — |
| Neeland 4 API 15-159-22281 | Smith Oil Properties | Chase-silica | 3450 | 1990 | — |
| Mcfarland 2 API 15-159-22291 | Venture Resources | Chase-silica | 3278 | 1990 | — |
| Walker 1 API 15-159-22292 | Trans-western Petroleum, INC | Chase-silica | 3370 | 1990 | — |
| Morris-brady 1 API 15-159-22220 | Hiebert Lewis | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1988 | — |
| D. Knop 3 API 15-159-22222 | Tomkat, LTD | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1988 | — |
| Doll 2 API 15-159-22181 | Utterback & Davis | Chase-silica | 3303 | 1987 | — |
| Schubert 3 API 15-159-22204 | Fox Don G | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1987 | — |
| Knop 4 API 15-159-22205 | Fox Don G | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1987 | — |
| Altenbaumer 1 API 15-159-22209 | Kaneb Exploration, INC | Chase-silica | 3559 | 1987 | — |
| Rife (casad-brady 1) 1 API 15-159-71521 | Casad Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3257 | 1986 | — |
| Chase Project 1 API 15-159-22091 | Bear Pet | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1986 | — |
| Neeland 3 API 15-159-21977 | Derrick American Oil | Chase-silica | 3315 | 1985 | — |
| Coffman 7 API 15-159-21988 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3217 | 1985 | — |
| Quattlebaum 3 API 15-159-21999 | Tomkat LTD | Chase-silica | 3280 | 1985 | — |
| Peterson 1 API 15-159-22069 | Mid-american Hydrocarbn | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1985 | — |
| Link Vincent 2-36 API 15-159-22083 | Discovery, INC | Chase-silica | 3325 | 1985 | — |
| Hospital 1 API 15-159-21905 | Derrick American Oil | Chase-silica | 3233 | 1984 | — |
| Dueser 'a' 2 API 15-159-21909 | Tom Kat, LTD | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1984 | — |
| Alexander 'b' 2 API 15-159-35365-0001 | Carl W. Boxberger | Chase-silica | 3361 | 1983 | — |
| Alexander 'b' 1 API 15-159-02276-0001 | Boxberger Carl W | Chase-silica | 3269 | 1983 | — |
| Mcfarland 1 API 15-159-21497 | Hupfer O&g | Chase-silica | 3366 | 1983 | — |
| Ringwald 8 API 15-159-21536 | Gable Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1983 | — |
| Southern 3 API 15-159-21564 | Lgw Energy Resources | Chase-silica | 3400 | 1983 | — |
| Sittner 1 API 15-159-21570 | Alpine Drlg CO | Ixl | 3335 | 1983 | — |
| Malone 1 API 15-159-21600 | Custom Oil Expl | Chase-silica | 3320 | 1983 | — |
| Doll 2 API 15-159-21601 | Custom Oil Expl | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1983 | — |
| Robins 6 API 15-159-21605 | Lutz Scott T | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1983 | — |
| Proffitt 2 API 15-159-21654 | Aylward Drlg | Chase-silica | 3263 | 1983 | — |
| Hager Was Binger 2 and Was Binger 'b' 1 2 API 15-159-21656 | Melland Francis G | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1983 | — |
| Birzer 3 API 15-159-21671 | Brougher Oil | Chase-silica | 3606 | 1983 | — |
| Dueser 3 API 15-159-21725 | Fell Oil & Gas CO | Chase-silica | 3399 | 1983 | — |
| Meyeres 2 API 15-159-21223 | Casad Energy | Chase-silica | 3220 | 1982 | — |
| Ringwald 2 API 15-159-21343 | Gable Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3360 | 1982 | — |
| Sharpe 3 API 15-159-21372 | Chew Jim | Chase-silica | 3290 | 1982 | — |
| Ringwald 3 API 15-159-21392 | Gable Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1982 | — |
| Dewerff 1 API 15-159-21403 | Melland Drlg | Chase-silica | 3281 | 1982 | — |
| Binger 1 API 15-159-21412 | Melland Drlg | Chase-silica | 3279 | 1982 | — |
| Campbell 5 API 15-159-21419 | Pioneer Operating | Chase-silica | 3205 | 1982 | — |
| Robins 5 API 15-159-21447 | Lutz Scott T | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1982 | — |
| Berscheidt, C 2 API 15-159-21452 | Parrish Corp | Chase-silica | 3333 | 1982 | — |
| Link 1 API 15-159-21461 | Western Drlg Arizona | Chase-silica | 3251 | 1982 | — |
| Weaver 6 API 15-159-21469 | Lutz Scott T | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1982 | — |
| Ringwald 2 API 15-159-21470 | Hupfer O&g | Chase-silica | 3650 | 1982 | — |
| Ringwald 6 API 15-159-21471 | Gable Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1982 | — |
| Mcglynn 1 API 15-159-21531 | Hupfer O&g | Chase-silica | 3313 | 1982 | — |
| Wieland 'a' 1 API 15-159-20918 | Fairchild Berne Oil | Chase-silica | 3218 | 1981 | — |
| D. Knop 1 API 15-159-20940 | Tomkat, LTD | Chase-silica | 3809 | 1981 | — |
| Hodgins 1 API 15-159-20952 | Geoson Energy Operation | Chase-silica | 3355 | 1981 | — |
| Robbins 1 API 15-159-20957 | Geoson Energy Operation | Chase-silica | 3302 | 1981 | — |
| Lewis Link 2 API 15-159-20971 | Custom Oil | Chase-silica | 3278 | 1981 | — |
| Sharpe 1 API 15-159-21073 | Chew Jim | Chase-silica | 3303 | 1981 | — |
| Eugene Malone 2 API 15-159-21100 | Malone Oil & Gas CO | Chase-silica | 3350 | 1981 | — |
| Berscheidt, C 1 API 15-159-21111 | Parrish Corp | Chase-silica | 3309 | 1981 | — |
| Schmidt 'w' 1 API 15-159-21124 | Arvada Oil | Munyon | 3335 | 1981 | — |
| Doll 1 API 15-159-21131 | Custom Oil | Chase-silica | 3320 | 1981 | — |
| Schmidt 'w' 2 API 15-159-21138 | Arvada Oil | Munyon | 3306 | 1981 | — |
| Heckel 6 API 15-159-21145 | Collins James W | Chase-silica | 3380 | 1981 | — |
| Ringwald 1 API 15-159-21163 | Gable Oil | Chase-silica | 3342 | 1981 | — |
| S. M. Simmons 1 API 15-159-21184 | Fell & Wolf Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3320 | 1981 | — |
| Wiggins 1 API 15-159-21200 | Petroleum Energy, INC | Chase-silica | 3250 | 1981 | — |
| Proffitt 5 API 15-159-21207 | Samson Resources | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1981 | — |
| Sherman T 10 API 15-159-21210 | Samson Resources | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1981 | — |
| Sharpe 2 API 15-159-21242 | Chew Jim | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1981 | — |
| Meyers 3 API 15-159-21276 | Casad Energy | Chase-silica | 3306 | 1981 | — |
| Ricker 1 API 15-159-21325 | Petroleum, INC | Chase-silica | 3277 | 1981 | — |
| Sara Bayer 1 API 15-159-20841 | Fell & Wolf Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3320 | 1980 | — |
| Schrepel 1 API 15-159-20904 | Allen Drilling CO | Chase-silica | 3283 | 1980 | — |
| Rolfs 6 API 15-159-20905 | Sohio Pet | Chase-silica | 3271 | 1980 | — |
| Kern 2 API 15-159-20910 | Pioneer Operating | Chase-silica | 3274 | 1980 | — |
| Knop 3 API 15-159-20914 | Fox Don G | Chase-silica | 3285 | 1980 | — |
| Cramm D 6 API 15-159-20936 | Sohio Pet | Chase-silica | 3240 | 1980 | — |
| Panning 1 API 15-159-20941 | Kat Tom LTD | Chase-silica | 3280 | 1980 | — |
| Kern 3 API 15-159-21071 | Pioneer Operating | Chase-silica | 3272 | 1980 | — |
| Father Flanagan 1 API 15-159-20810 | Aspen Oil | Chase-silica | 3242 | 1979 | — |
| Maes 9 API 15-159-20811 | Sohio Pet | Chase-silica | 3253 | 1979 | — |
| Keller 8 API 15-159-20813 | Stepco | Chase-silica | 3256 | 1979 | — |
| Cannon 5 API 15-159-20821 | Pioneer Operating | Chase-silica | 3076 | 1979 | — |
| Proffitt, Bess 3 API 15-159-20822 | Pioneer Operating | Chase-silica | 3263 | 1979 | — |
| Appleton 4 API 15-159-20833 | Icer Addis Oil Operations | Chase-silica | 3284 | 1979 | — |
| S. W. Grove 10 API 15-159-20775 | Fell & Wolfe Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3285 | 1978 | — |
| Bess-proffitt 1 API 15-159-20751 | Pioneer Operating | Chase-silica | 3241 | 1978 | — |
| F. X. Doll 'a' 1 API 15-159-20762 | Fell & Wolf Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3285 | 1978 | — |
| Doll 1 API 15-159-20779 | Davis & Utterback | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1978 | — |
| Smith 2 API 15-159-20668 | Tway R R INC | Chase-silica | 3295 | 1977 | — |
| Huffman 1 API 15-159-20706 | Todd Carl | Chase-silica | 3229 | 1977 | — |
| Behnke 10 API 15-159-20543 | Cities Service CO | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1975 | — |
| Grove 4 API 15-159-20553 | Lutz Scott T | Chase-silica | 3221 | 1975 | — |
| Long 1 API 15-159-20564 | Todd Carl | Chase-silica | 3220 | 1975 | — |
| Sturgeon 1 API 15-159-20496 | Todd Carl | Chase-silica | 3245 | 1974 | — |
| Appleton 2 API 15-159-20311 | Icer Addis Oil Operations | Chase-silica | 3276 | 1970 | — |
| Cramm A 9 API 15-159-20210 | Pioneer Operations CO | Chase-silica | 3135 | 1969 | — |
| Burdette 1 API 15-159-20216 | Jayhawk Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3255 | 1969 | — |
| Southern 2 API 15-159-20229 | Wetherill Leo G Jr | Chase-silica | 3279 | 1969 | — |
| Musenberg 2 API 15-159-20233 | Tilco Et Al | Chase-silica | 3327 | 1969 | — |
| Musenberg 3 API 15-159-20257 | Tilco Et Al | Chase-silica | 3348 | 1969 | — |
| Coffman 6 API 15-159-20265 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3222 | 1969 | — |
| Coffman 4 API 15-159-20121 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3234 | 1968 | — |
| Coffman 5 API 15-159-20149 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3267 | 1968 | — |
| Mansz 1-v API 15-159-20175 | Clinton Oil | Mansz | 3329 | 1968 | — |
| Coffman 3 API 15-159-30410 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3239 | 1967 | — |
| Sherman 'a' 6 API 15-159-30414 | Cra INC | Chase-silica | 3196 | 1967 | — |
| Sharpe 4 API 15-159-20083 | Skelly Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3276 | 1967 | — |
| Schmidt 1-3 API 15-159-30454-0001 | Elk Oil CO | Munyon | 3291 | 1967 | — |
| Coffman 3 API 15-159-30289 | Brooks Robert C | Chase-silica | 3782 | 1966 | — |
| Wallace 10 API 15-159-30308 | Fell & Wolf Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3255 | 1966 | — |
| Dueser Twin 'a' 1 API 15-159-30009 | Tomlinson & Kathol | Chase-silica | 3281 | 1965 | — |
| Coffman 1 API 15-159-30016 | Brooks Robert G | Chase-silica | 3269 | 1965 | — |
| Proffitt B 5 API 15-159-30026 | Muir-thompson | Chase-silica | 3366 | 1965 | — |
| Lischesky 3 API 15-159-30160 | Bea Drlg | Chase-silica | 3384 | 1965 | — |
| Lawrence 1 API 15-159-30178 | Glickman Oil | Chase-silica | 3202 | 1965 | — |
| Pulliam 1 API 15-159-30470 | Roberts Mel | Chase-silica | 3225 | 1965 | — |
| Burdette 2 API 15-159-02226 | Robert G Brooks | Chase-silica | 3225 | 1964 | — |
| Mona Bernstorf 1 API 15-159-02416 | American Oil & Gas CO | Chase-silica | 3267 | 1964 | — |
| Mona Bernstorf 2 API 15-159-02417 | American Oil & Gas CO | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1964 | — |
| Eatinger 2 API 15-159-02747 | Muir-thompson | Chase-silica | 3353 | 1964 | — |
| Proffitt B 2 API 15-159-02754 | Muir Thompson INC | Chase-silica | 3357 | 1964 | — |
| Stolz 'a' 1 API 15-159-02831 | Taylor C P | Chase-silica | 3289 | 1964 | — |
| Green 1 API 15-159-71545 | Robert Brooks | Chase-silica | 3223 | 1964 | — |
| Coldwater 1 API 15-159-19471 | Harms Petroleum CO | Chase-silica | 3309 | 1964 | — |
| Altenbaumer 1 API 15-159-02451 | Nadel & Gussman & Mayfield Smith | Chase-silica | 3286 | 1963 | — |
| Quattlebaum Was B. G. Proffitt 1 API 15-159-02623 | Lee Phillips Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3219 | 1963 | — |
| Smisor 8 API 15-159-02651 | Sutton O A | Tobias Northwest | 3375 | 1963 | — |
| Tobias 13 API 15-159-02679 | Thunderbird Drlg INC | Tobias | 3362 | 1963 | — |
| Tobias Simpson Unit Was Tobias 19 2-1 API 15-159-02685 | Thunderbird Drilling, INC | Tobias | 3360 | 1963 | — |
| Fair 'b' 4 API 15-159-02686 | Thunderbird Drilling, INC | Tobias | 3369 | 1963 | — |
| Keile 1 API 15-159-02735 | Icer Addis Oil Operations | Chase-silica | 3390 | 1963 | — |
| Proffitt B 1 API 15-159-02753 | Muir Thompson INC | Chase-silica | 3369 | 1963 | — |
| Woodmansee 4 API 15-159-02784 | Muir Thompson INC | Chase-silica | 3393 | 1963 | — |
| Hathaway (reece 2) 1 API 15-159-71983 | Shell Oil CO | Chase-silica | 3355 | 1963 | — |
| Pulliam 7 API 15-159-30461 | Thunderbird Drlg | Tobias | 3380 | 1963 | — |
| Pulliam 3 API 15-159-30462 | Thunderbird Drlg | Tobias | 3377 | 1963 | — |
| Koons 3-a API 15-159-30463 | Thunderbird Drlg | Tobias | 3350 | 1963 | — |
| Sherman 1 API 15-159-02150 | Spencer-dozier | Chase-silica | 3262 | 1962 | — |
| Ringwald 'a' 1 API 15-159-02501 | Wiggins V E | Chase-silica | 3300 | 1962 | — |
| Neeland 1 API 15-159-02516 | Texokan Petroleum Corp | Chase-silica | 3326 | 1962 | — |
| Birchenough 3 API 15-159-02634 | Raymond Oil Co., INC | Tobias Northwest | 3378 | 1962 | — |
| Birchenough 4 API 15-159-02635 | Raymond Oil Co., INC | Tobias Northwest | 3377 | 1962 | — |
| Birchenough 5 API 15-159-02636 | Raymond Oil Co., INC | Tobias Northwest | 3382 | 1962 | — |
| Smisor 1 API 15-159-02640 | Sutton O A | Tobias Northwest | 3373 | 1962 | — |
| Smisor 2 API 15-159-02641 | Sutton O A | Tobias Northwest | 3373 | 1962 | — |
| Griffee 3 API 15-159-02644 | Lebsack Carl Oil CO | Tobias Northwest | 3372 | 1962 | — |
| Griffee 4 API 15-159-02645 | Lebsack Carl Oil CO | Tobias Northwest | 3370 | 1962 | — |
| Smisor 7 Twin API 15-159-02650 | Sutton O A | Tobias Northwest | 3372 | 1962 | — |
| Smisor 9 API 15-159-02652 | Sutton O A | Chase-silica | 3370 | 1962 | — |
| Tobias 4 API 15-159-19012 | Thunderbird Drlg INC | Tobias | 3363 | 1962 | — |
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
- 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
- Council Grove 417