Cities Service Oil Company
324 wells name this operator of record — 0.1% of the Kansas register, from 1916 to 2005.
⚠️ What this page is, and what it is not
A count of the wells that name this company as operator of record — the operator the register carries, which is not necessarily the operator today, and not necessarily the one who drilled the well. Wells change hands and the register is not always caught up.
It is not a rating and not an accusation. In particular, a well plugged at the State’s expense means the Commission could not find a responsible party at the time it acted — that is a fact about a file, not a finding against a named company.
324Wells
3427 ftMedian depth
35Counties
1916–2005Years
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3427 ft | 4344 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — on this operator's records
173 of the 324 wells on this operator's records are classed as plugged and abandoned. 0 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 1 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.
Where they are
| County | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ellis | 114 | 35.2% |
| Russell | 18 | 5.6% |
| Butler | 16 | 4.9% |
| Graham | 15 | 4.6% |
| Stafford | 15 | 4.6% |
| Kingman | 9 | 2.8% |
| Rice | 9 | 2.8% |
| Morton | 9 | 2.8% |
| Sedgwick | 6 | 1.9% |
| Ness | 5 | 1.5% |
| Reno | 5 | 1.5% |
| Crawford | 5 | 1.5% |
| Stevens | 5 | 1.5% |
| Barton | 5 | 1.5% |
| Edwards | 4 | 1.2% |
| Seward | 4 | 1.2% |
| Rooks | 3 | 0.9% |
| Gray | 3 | 0.9% |
| Haskell | 3 | 0.9% |
| Greenwood | 3 | 0.9% |
| Pratt | 2 | 0.6% |
| Comanche | 2 | 0.6% |
In which fields
| Field | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bemis-shutts | 109 | 33.6% |
| Unknown | 68 | 21.0% |
| Geneseo-edwards | 9 | 2.8% |
| Spivey-grabs-basil | 8 | 2.5% |
| Hugoton Gas Area | 8 | 2.5% |
| Hall-gurney | 7 | 2.2% |
| Wildcat | 5 | 1.5% |
| Burrton | 4 | 1.2% |
| Bartholomew | 3 | 0.9% |
| El Dorado | 3 | 0.9% |
| Holley North | 3 | 0.9% |
| Diebolt | 2 | 0.6% |
An old well on land in Kansas?
0 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 324 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccord 'a' 17 API 15-051-22106 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3647 | 1981 | — |
| Dehoff 'a' 7 API 15-051-22209 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3420 | 1981 | — |
| Weatherford 'b' 1 API 15-129-20464 | Cities Service Oil Company | Winter North | 5015 | 1980 | — |
| Hauser 'a' 4 API 15-051-01701-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3643 | 1980 | — |
| Hall 'd' 2 API 15-051-01689-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3720 | 1979 | — |
| Rutherford 'a' 2a API 15-037-20138 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 292 | 1974 | — |
| Hamilton 54 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 861 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 51 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 64 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 60 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 57 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 857 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 46 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 50 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 59 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 859 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 63 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 41 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hamilton 53 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1969 | — |
| Hutchinson 3 API 15-155-19021 | Cities Service Oil Company | Hutchinson Sw | 4751 | 1968 | — |
| Hamilton 43 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 861 | 1968 | — |
| Frac Well (44-47) 1 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 837 | 1968 | — |
| Nielson 'a' 1 API 15-033-30113 | Cities Service Oil Company | Wilmore | 5468 | 1967 | — |
| Beck 'd' 1 API 15-175-20007 | Cities Service Oil Company | Evalyn-condit | 6044 | 1967 | — |
| Nielson 'a' 1 API 15-033-20015 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 5465 | 1967 | — |
| Hamilton 40 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1967 | — |
| Hamilton 39 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 860 | 1967 | — |
| Booth B 1 API 15-097-30184 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 5074 | 1967 | — |
| B. Mcmillen 5 API 15-163-30229 | Cities Service Oil Company | Dopita | 3460 | 1966 | — |
| Hamilton 38 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 868 | 1966 | — |
| Hamilton 36 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 865 | 1966 | — |
| English B 1 API 15-047-00109-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | English | 4660 | 1965 | — |
| O'brien 'a' 1 API 15-135-19044 | Cities Service Oil Company | Schaben | 4385 | 1964 | — |
| Newby 1 API 15-171-00043-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 4875 | 1964 | — |
| Asher B 1 API 15-009-19467-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3551 | 1964 | — |
| Rein A 1 API 15-135-00684-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 4421 | 1964 | — |
| Frazier 1-a API 15-075-52366 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3628 | 1964 | — |
| Johansen 'b' 1-a | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3601 | 1963 | — |
| Lorg 1 API 15-173-00633 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 4280 | 1963 | — |
| Green 'd' 2 API 15-189-10047 | Cities Service Oil Company | Hugoton Gas Area | 2756 | 1963 | — |
| Ironclad Unit 2 API 15-065-02988-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | Ironclad | 3782 | 1963 | — |
| Asher 1 API 15-185-19448-0002 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3920 | 1963 | — |
| Hamilton 14 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 615 | 1962 | — |
| Hamilton 9 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 615 | 1962 | — |
| Hamilton 8 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 615 | 1962 | — |
| Hamilton 10 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 615 | 1962 | — |
| Hamilton 12 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 615 | 1962 | — |
| Hamilton 13 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 615 | 1962 | — |
| Asher 1 API 15-185-19448-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 1957 | 1962 | — |
| Salmon 'a' 2 API 15-129-00425 | Cities Service Oil Company | Wilburton | 5270 | 1961 | — |
| Hamilton 3 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 793 | 1961 | — |
| Bell 'd' 1 API 15-129-93456 | Cities Service Oil Company | Wilburton | 5401 | 1960 | — |
| Hall 'k' 4 API 15-081-10035 | Cities Service Oil Company | Eubank | 5616 | 1960 | — |
| Rogg D 10-s API 15-167-19634 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 401 | 1960 | — |
| English 'b' 1 API 15-047-00109 | Cities Service Oil Company | English | 4660 | 1959 | — |
| Collingwood 'a' 1 API 15-081-10024 | Cities Service Oil Company | Eubank | 5643 | 1959 | — |
| Hamilton 4 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 615 | 1959 | — |
| Bertholf 'a' 1-4 API 15-095-00871 | Cities Service Oil Company | Spivey-grabs-basil | 4270 | 1958 | — |
| Eichman A 17-w API 15-167-19415 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3310 | 1958 | — |
| Madison Unit B 36 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 1936 | 1958 | — |
| May 1 API 15-035-19599 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3442 | 1958 | — |
| Jordan 3 API 15-185-13220 | Cities Service Oil Company | Jordan | 3910 | 1957 | — |
| Fair Brothers 'a' 1-11 API 15-095-00773 | Cities Service Oil Company | Spivey-grabs-basil | 4230 | 1957 | — |
| Linn 64 API 15-015-19447 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 680 | 1957 | — |
| Wilson 'b' Was Bowman 1 2 API 15-047-00052 | Cities Service Oil Company | Wil | 4598 | 1956 | — |
| Eitzen 1 API 15-115-72221 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 2903 | 1956 | — |
| Addington A 1 API 15-129-10596 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 1197 | 1956 | — |
| Nemechek 3 API 15-065-03190 | Cities Service Oil Company | Diebolt | 3853 | 1955 | — |
| Kriley 2 API 15-163-03411 | Cities Service Oil Company | Dopita | 3420 | 1955 | — |
| E. Howe 10-w API 15-015-19296 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 647 | 1955 | — |
| Wilson 'a' 199 API 15-015-19735-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 2012 | 1955 | — |
| Essmiller A 1 API 15-185-01764-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3715 | 1955 | — |
| Asher B 1 API 15-009-19467 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3551 | 1954 | — |
| Risse 1 API 15-145-00191 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 4540 | 1954 | — |
| Roll 'b' 1 API 15-129-00138 | Cities Service Oil Company | Elkhart | 3115 | 1953 | — |
| Lampe 1 API 15-095-00291 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 4351 | 1953 | — |
| Moynihan 1 API 15-173-00006 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3361 | 1953 | — |
| Thompson 'c' 1 API 15-175-00326 | Cities Service Oil Company | Hugoton Gas Area | 2785 | 1953 | — |
| Greenwood 'c' 1 API 15-129-10268 | Cities Service Oil Company | Boehm | 5103 | 1952 | — |
| Graham 8 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 2297 | 1952 | — |
| Hall 'b' 11 API 15-051-03458 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3551 | 1951 | — |
| Fury 'a' 4 API 15-065-01013 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3820 | 1951 | — |
| Coffman 2 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 2119 | 1951 | — |
| Hall 'b' 21 API 15-051-03468 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3534 | 1950 | — |
| Hall 'j' 5 API 15-051-04911 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3557 | 1950 | — |
| Hall 'd' 3 API 15-051-05270 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3659 | 1950 | — |
| Mccord 15 API 15-051-05564 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3650 | 1950 | — |
| Bartholomew Unit Was Durfee 5 6-5 API 15-173-01560 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bartholomew | 3760 | 1950 | — |
| Voight 1 API 15-185-12734 | Cities Service Oil Company | Max | 3634 | 1950 | — |
| Krueger Unit, Was Gish 'c' 4 704 API 15-051-05019 | Cities Service Oil Company | Krueger | 3518 | 1950 | — |
| Green 'd' 1 API 15-189-00527 | Cities Service Oil Company | Hugoton Gas Area | 2815 | 1950 | — |
| Davignon 2 API 15-065-19016 | Cities Service Oil Company | Morel | 3838 | 1950 | — |
| Suiter 1 API 15-185-12707-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 4134 | 1950 | — |
| Bauman 8 API 15-009-19614 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3347 | 1950 | — |
| Hall 'b' 20 API 15-051-03467 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3550 | 1949 | — |
| Mccord 13 API 15-051-03645 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3680 | 1949 | — |
| Bartholomew Unit Was Durfee 3 6-3 API 15-173-01558 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bartholomew | 3758 | 1949 | — |
| Bartholomew Unit Was Durfee 4 6-4 API 15-173-01559 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bartholomew | 3756 | 1949 | — |
| Bowman 'b' 1 API 15-189-00513 | Cities Service Oil Company | Hugoton Gas Area | 2783 | 1949 | — |
| Winter 1 API 15-189-00528 | Cities Service Oil Company | Hugoton Gas Area | 2811 | 1949 | — |
| Smoky River Unit 19 API 15-167-19266 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 3192 | 1949 | — |
| Bemis 'a' 15 API 15-051-03352 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3485 | 1948 | — |
| Dehoff 'a' 6 API 15-051-05037 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3329 | 1948 | — |
| Thompson 'c' 1 API 15-175-00298 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 2775 | 1948 | — |
| Hall 'b' 3 API 15-051-05898-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3498 | 1948 | — |
| Lamont Unit 1-s API 15-073-19502 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 700 | 1948 | — |
| Rome 'c' 1 API 15-051-05587 | Cities Service Oil Company | Catharine South | 3557 | 1947 | — |
| Snyder 1 API 15-069-00015 | Cities Service Oil Company | Wildcat | 6445 | 1947 | — |
| Spratt 1 API 15-055-00560 | Cities Service Oil Company | Hugoton Gas Area | 2772 | 1947 | — |
| Chesney 129 API 15-015-40388 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 2659 | 1947 | — |
| Smith 'b' 7 API 15-185-19534 | Cities Service Oil Company | Snider South | 3500 | 1947 | — |
| Lathrop 30 API 15-015-40492 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 2340 | 1947 | — |
| Johansen 'b' 2 API 15-051-03631 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3655 | 1946 | — |
| Templeton 'a' 4 API 15-147-05185 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3547 | 1946 | — |
| Clopton Unit W-14 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 1963 | 1946 | — |
| Dehoff 'a' 4 API 15-051-05035 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3421 | 1945 | — |
| Dehoff 3 API 15-051-03672 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3453 | 1943 | — |
| A. P. Wright 9 API 15-173-01747-0001 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 4151 | 1943 | — |
| Breitenbach 1 API 15-047-19018 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 4480 | 1943 | — |
| Colahan 'b' 11 API 15-051-03443 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3575 | 1942 | — |
| Colahan 'b' 15 API 15-051-03640 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3600 | 1942 | — |
| Colahan 'b' 14 API 15-051-03641 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3530 | 1942 | — |
| Dehoff 1 API 15-051-05033 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3368 | 1942 | — |
| Beck 2 API 15-151-10308 | Cities Service Oil Company | Iuka-carmi | 4254 | 1942 | — |
| Hupfer Was Hopper 1 API 15-167-00546 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3290 | 1942 | — |
| Helmke 1 API 15-151-19118 | Cities Service Oil Company | — | 4374 | 1942 | — |
| Colahan 'b' 4 API 15-051-03436 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3379 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'b' 9 API 15-051-03441 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3520 | 1941 | — |
| Hall 'b' 18 API 15-051-03465 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3549 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'a' 24 API 15-051-03473 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3378 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'a' 25 API 15-051-03474 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3421 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'c' 3 API 15-051-05553 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3395 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'c' 5 API 15-051-05555 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3383 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'c' 6 API 15-051-05556 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3375 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'c' 8 API 15-051-05558 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3352 | 1941 | — |
| Mccord 11 API 15-051-05561 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3642 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'b' 3 API 15-051-05897 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3758 | 1941 | — |
| Batterton 3 API 15-159-03628 | Cities Service Oil Company | Geneseo-edwards | 3275 | 1941 | — |
| Ross 2 API 15-159-06271 | Cities Service Oil Company | Geneseo-edwards | 3267 | 1941 | — |
| Flegler 1 API 15-167-05864 | Cities Service Oil Company | Gorham | 3230 | 1941 | — |
| Rogg 'd' 3 API 15-167-19316 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3350 | 1941 | — |
| Rogg 'd' 5 API 15-167-19317 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 3058 | 1941 | — |
| Colahan 'b' 2 API 15-051-03435 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3576 | 1940 | — |
| Hall 'b' 14 API 15-051-03461 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3466 | 1940 | — |
| Hall 'a' 6 API 15-051-03677 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3593 | 1940 | — |
| Mccord 5 API 15-051-05903 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3691 | 1940 | — |
| Krug 'd' 6 API 15-167-20508 | Cities Service Oil Company | Trapp | 3329 | 1940 | — |
| Lehrling 1 | Cities Service Oil Company | Unknown | 685 | 1940 | — |
| Hall 'a' 5 API 15-051-02164 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3367 | 1939 | — |
| Rumsey 7 API 15-051-03390 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3439 | 1939 | — |
| Rumsey 8 API 15-051-03391 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3443 | 1939 | — |
| Rumsey 9 API 15-051-03392 | Cities Service Oil Company | Bemis-shutts | 3398 | 1939 | — |