Oil & gas wells in Chase County, KS
1,267 catalogued wells in Chase County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Chase County, Kansas has 1,267 catalogued oil & gas wells: 196 active (15%), 670 plugged & abandoned (53%) and 48 documented orphans. It ranks 71st of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,267
Active
196
Plugged
670
Documented orphans
48
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Chase County?
15% of Chase County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 53% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 67 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 48 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 286 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Chase County?
By product class, 180 of the county's wells (14%) are oil wells, 479 (38%) gas wells and 43 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Chase County well is 4,625 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 Chase County compare with other Kansas counties?
Chase County has the 71st-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 25th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Chase County?
64 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Chase County. 54% 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 Chase County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIPS or DIAMOND CREEK WATERFLOOD PROJECT 11-23 | 15-017-20821 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Buchman 3-18 | 15-017-20795 | Active | Gas | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| HARSHMAN or DIAMOND CREEK WATERFLOOD PROJECT 1-18 | 15-017-20796 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| WHITNEY or DIAMOND CREEK WATERFLOOD PROJECT 2-18 | 15-017-20797 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Buchman 4-18 | 15-017-20798 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shawmar Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
| Buchman 5-18 | 15-017-20799 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shawmar Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
| Hinkson 1 | 15-017-20803 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Knighton Oil Company, Inc. |
| LIPS or DIAMOND CREEK WATERFLOOD PROJECT 6-19 | 15-017-20804 | Active | Gas | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Lips 14-24 | 15-017-20805 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| HORN or DIAMOND CREEK WATERFLOOD PROJECT 14-13 | 15-017-20806 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| LIPS or DIAMOND CREEK WATERFLOOD PROJECT 7-23 | 15-017-20807 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Korff 1 | 15-017-20812 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hawkins, James F. |
| LIPS or DIAMOND CREEK WATERFLOOD PROJECT 12-23 | 15-017-20819 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| W. H. Rex-Ward 1 | 15-017-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reyer 1 | 15-017-20031 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Buchman 1 | 15-017-20033 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Thurston 1-18 | 15-017-20075 | Other status | Other type | — |
| John Bock 1 | 15-017-20087 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Koegeboehn 4 | 15-017-20117 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Keogeboehn 3 | 15-017-20131 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Division Ranch 2-R | 15-017-20183 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Mulvane Ranch 35-1 | 15-017-20411 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Mulvane Ranch 36-1 | 15-017-20412 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Roberts 'A' 1 | 15-017-20827 | Shut-in | Gas | SH Oil Operations LLC |
| KOEGEBOEHN 2-Twin | 15-017-20119 | Shut-in | Gas | Montgomery Production & Operating LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,267 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 Chase County, KS?
Chase County, Kansas has 1,267 catalogued oil & gas wells: 196 active, 670 plugged and 48 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Chase County?
48 wells in Chase County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 25th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Chase County are plugged?
670 of Chase County's 1,267 catalogued wells (53%) 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); Chase County ranks 71st with 1,267.
How many companies operate wells in Chase County?
64 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Chase 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 Chase County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/chase (data as of October 10, 2026).