Morning Star Resources
Operator of record for 3 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Morning Star Resources is the operator of record for 3 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 3 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 3 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
3
Active
0
Plugged
3
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 3 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Morning Star Resources operate?
Morning Star Resources's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (3). Its 3 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Morning Star Resources’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Morning Star Resources's catalogued wells are active, 30 percentage points below the national share of 30%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 48% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Morning Star Resources operate?
By product class, 1 (33%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 45% and 18%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Shaffer 1 in Butler, KS at 3,050 ft.
Notable wells operated by Morning Star Resources
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaffer 1 | 15-015-23456 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Butler, KS | Morning Star Resources, Inc. | 3,050 ft |
| Cameron 1 | 15-015-23390 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Butler, KS | Morning Star Resources, Inc. | 3,044 ft |
| Bannon 1 | 15-015-23422 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Butler, KS | Morning Star Resources, Inc. | 2,707 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 3 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Morning Star Resources operate?
Morning Star Resources is the operator of record for 3 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (3). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Morning Star Resources's wells are still active?
0 of Morning Star Resources's catalogued wells are active; 3 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Morning Star Resources operate wells?
Morning Star Resources is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (3).
Does Morning Star Resources operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Morning Star Resources's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Morning Star Resources's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Shaffer 1 in Butler, KS is the deepest at 3,050 ft.
Where Morning Star Resources's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 28, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Morning Star Resources — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/morning-star-resources-82062 (data as of October 28, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).