Oil & gas wells in Barber County, KS
6,718 catalogued wells in Barber County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Barber County, Kansas has 6,718 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,759 active (26%), 4,316 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,718
Active
1,759
Plugged
4,316
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Barber County?
26% of Barber County's wells are active, 5 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 354 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 282 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Barber County?
By product class, 2,798 of the county's wells (42%) are oil wells, 1,322 (20%) gas wells and 383 (6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Barber County well is 9,999 ft, against 11,300 ft for Kansas as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Barber County compare with other Kansas counties?
Barber County has the 23rd-most catalogued wells of the 104 Kansas counties with at least 25. The median Kansas county on WellCensus has 2,220 wells. The largest, Montgomery County, has 21,956. By documented orphans it ranks 53rd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Barber County?
358 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Barber County. 63% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Barber County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull 'A' 1 | 15-007-01023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Osprey Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Magnison-Prothe 1-15 | 15-007-22615 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anderson Energy, Inc. |
| Rucker 1 | 15-007-22616 | Active | Gas | R & B Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| David Brass 1-10 | 15-007-22617 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jack Exploration, Inc. |
| Martin 2 | 15-007-22622 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | AGV Corp. |
| Snyder-Thomas 1-18 | 15-007-22623 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anderson Energy, Inc. |
| Salt Fork 34-14 | 15-007-22624 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Redland Resources, LLC |
| Burgess 1 | 15-007-22628 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dixon Operating Company, LLC |
| Hartley 1 | 15-007-22639 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Raymond Oil Company, Inc. |
| Brownback 1-18 | 15-007-22640 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SoKan Operating, LLC |
| Hall 1 | 15-007-22641 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | National Petroleum Reserves, Inc. |
| Graves 'C' 1 | 15-007-22643 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McGinness Oil Company of Kansas, Inc. |
| Donovan 'H' 1 | 15-007-22647 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Trek AEC, LLC |
| Kinsler 'A' 1 | 15-007-22648 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trek AEC, LLC |
| Hudson 1-1 | 15-007-22654 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Abercrombie Energy, LLC |
| Burgess 'A' 1 | 15-007-22656 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lotus Operating Company, L.L.C. |
| Bartholow 1 | 15-007-22663 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Woolsey Operating Company, LLC |
| Packard 1-14 | 15-007-22661 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trek AEC, LLC |
| Tedrow 6 | 15-007-22671 | Active | Oil | Dixon Operating Company, LLC |
| Kelly 3 | 15-007-22674 | Active | Gas | Herman L. Loeb, LLC |
| Rucker 1 | 15-007-22664 | Shut-in | Oil | AGV Corp. |
| Donovan 'H' 2 | 15-007-22684 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trek AEC, LLC |
| Durell 1 | 15-007-22697 | Active | Oil | Dixon Operating Company, LLC |
| Packard 6-23 | 15-007-22659 | Active | Oil | Packard Energy LLC |
| Brownback 1-7 | 15-007-22686 | Active | Gas | SoKan Operating, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,718 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Barber County, KS?
Barber County, Kansas has 6,718 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,759 active, 4,316 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Barber County?
7 wells in Barber County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 53rd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Barber County are plugged?
4,316 of Barber County's 6,718 catalogued wells (64%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 55% across Kansas.
Which Kansas county has the most oil and gas wells?
Montgomery County has the most catalogued wells of any Kansas county on WellCensus (21,956); Barber County ranks 23rd with 6,718.
How many companies operate wells in Barber County?
358 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Barber County, Kansas.
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About this data
Source: Kansas Geological Survey well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Barber County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/barber (data as of October 10, 2026).