Oil & gas wells in Greeley County, KS
941 catalogued wells in Greeley County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Greeley County, Kansas has 941 catalogued oil & gas wells: 68 active (7%), 601 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 117 documented orphans. It ranks 75th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
941
Active
68
Plugged
601
Documented orphans
117
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Greeley County?
7% of Greeley County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 48 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 117 wells (12%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 107 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Greeley County?
By product class, 95 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 341 (36%) gas wells and 34 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Greeley County well is 6,280 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 Greeley County compare with other Kansas counties?
Greeley County has the 75th-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 18th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Greeley County?
125 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Greeley County. 82% 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 Greeley County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joy 2 | 15-071-20739 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Horseshoe Operating, Inc. |
| Geesling 1 | 15-071-20726 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lowry Exploration, Inc. |
| Harris 'A' 2 | 15-071-20727 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Horseshoe Operating, Inc. |
| King 'L' 3 | 15-071-20729 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Horseshoe Operating, Inc. |
| Kriss 2-26 | 15-071-20709 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Red Oak Energy, Inc. |
| Clift 'B' 2-34 | 15-071-20714 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Horseshoe Operating, Inc. |
| Kriss 5-26 | 15-071-20738 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Red Oak Energy, Inc. |
| Drake 2-27 | 15-071-20740 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Horseshoe Operating, Inc. |
| Householder 2-29 | 15-071-20741 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Horseshoe Operating, Inc. |
| Nickelson 1-3 | 15-071-20742 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Downing-Nelson Oil Co Inc |
| Houston 1 | 15-071-20710 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Horseshoe Operating, Inc. |
| Kuder 2 | 15-071-20719 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petex, Inc. |
| Witt 'A' 2 | 15-071-20591 | Shut-in | Oil | Herman L. Loeb, LLC |
| Edmun 3-17 | 15-071-20728 | Orphaned | Gas | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Wear 2 | 15-071-20730 | Orphaned | Gas | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Edmun 2-17 | 15-071-20715 | Orphaned | Gas | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Gibson 2-26 | 15-071-20723 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bluegrass Energy, Inc. |
| Joy 1 | 15-071-20733 | Orphaned | Gas | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Sandifer 2 | 15-071-20752 | Orphaned | Gas | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Kuttler 'G' 1 | 15-071-20753 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | American Star Energy Services, LLC |
| Kuttler 'H' 1 | 15-071-20755 | Orphaned | Gas | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Ross 5 | 15-071-20756 | Orphaned | Gas | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Hoffman 'H' 2 | 15-071-20757 | Orphaned | Injection | Cycle Oil & Gas Ltd |
| Otis 4 | 15-071-20324 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| G. Edsall 7 | 15-071-20395 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 941 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 Greeley County, KS?
Greeley County, Kansas has 941 catalogued oil & gas wells: 68 active, 601 plugged and 117 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Greeley County?
117 wells in Greeley County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Greeley County are plugged?
601 of Greeley County's 941 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); Greeley County ranks 75th with 941.
How many companies operate wells in Greeley County?
125 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Greeley 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 Greeley County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/greeley (data as of October 10, 2026).