Kansas Statistical Abstract 2001 - Institute for Policy & Social ...

Kansas Oil Production and Number of Producing Wells
by County, 1999-2001
Oil Production (number of barrels) Number of Producing Wells
County 1999r 2000r 2001 1999r 2000r 2001
Marion 151,501 156,039 118,452 233 259 247
Meade 207,544 193,058 159,026 153 79 81
Miami 133,582 135,895 101,318 1,189 1,338 1,170
Montgomery 100,116 99,025 73,625 585 622 609
Morris 101,709 102,751 79,583 72 75 73
Morton 574,126 468,869 376,994 129 133 117
Nemaha 64,531 58,470 46,032 24 26 21
Neosho 41,558 48,025 38,491 449 518 494
Ness 1,405,351 1,473,598 1,126,457 614 619 629
Norton 104,908 100,883 82,080 88 81 76
Osage 178 642 613 2 2 2
Osborne 144,797 142,077 115,116 87 82 82
Pawnee 134,054 142,944 115,573 83 90 94
Phillips 435,149 435,242 356,624 252 257 254
Pottawatomie 2,655 3,174 2,535 6 3 3
Pratt 383,983 397,483 297,218 352 344 337
Rawlins 190,403 175,117 150,671 119 122 118
Reno 590,611 557,013 422,015 311 328 329
Rice 770,589 787,419 600,325 713 791 773
Riley 30,792 26,629 20,350 33 33 33
Rooks 1,540,177 1,633,314 1,302,313 1,087 1,107 1,096
Rush 230,066 221,042 184,445 131 129 130
Russell 2,027,652 1,981,540 1,589,579 1,431 1,455 1,462
Saline 69,103 74,300 59,540 57 61 66
Scott 271,882 383,720 236,500 70 72 70
Sedgwick 153,471 156,882 129,004 95 102 103
Seward 863,345 757,241 599,607 163 158 153
Sheridan 135,073 135,095 119,487 66 80 85
Sherman 6,344 4,431 2,030 1 2 2
Stafford 1,037,658 1,168,364 919,653 707 728 740
Stanton 277,175 361,505 332,983 37 41 42
Stevens 537,397 655,782 620,347 65 90 89
Sumner 490,347 509,949 434,111 374 400 377
Thomas 195,023 173,868 123,634 74 72 70
Trego 457,278 463,081 371,556 339 355 361
Wabaunsee 53,959 60,412 45,970 35 36 35
Wallace 350,271 251,161 213,104 23 17 16
Wichita 39,370 64,278 46,086 9 10 10
Wilson 106,580 112,530 94,889 602 731 746
Woodson 460,831 493,232 401,584 1,856 2,015 1,933
Total 33,988,015 35,078,595 28,201,307 30,442 31,553 30,613
Note: Only counties reporting drilling activity listed.
r - revised
Source: Kansas Geological Survey. Web site: www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/County/ten_year.xls