Oil & gas wells in Greenwood County, KS
12,261 catalogued wells in Greenwood County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Greenwood County, Kansas has 12,261 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,005 active (16%), 8,657 plugged & abandoned (71%) and 324 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
12,261
Active
2,005
Plugged
8,657
Documented orphans
324
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Greenwood County?
16% of Greenwood County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 48% nationally. 415 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 324 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 860 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Greenwood County?
By product class, 6,703 of the county's wells (55%) are oil wells, 74 (0.6%) gas wells and 1,391 (11%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Greenwood County well is 5,684 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 Greenwood County compare with other Kansas counties?
Greenwood County has the 11th-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 10th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Greenwood County?
320 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Greenwood County. 37% 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 Greenwood County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft 8 | 15-073-72034 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Teter Unit Green 16 | 15-073-72122 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Teter Unit Green 26-W | 15-073-72123 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Teter Unit Green 49 | 15-073-72116 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Teter Unit Green 'W' 52 | 15-073-72124 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Teter Unit Green 'W' 53 | 15-073-72125 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Teter Unit Green 'W' 55 | 15-073-72126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Noeller 8 | 15-073-72144 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Green 6 | 15-073-72149 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Green 3 | 15-073-72147 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Green 4 | 15-073-72157 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Shambaugh, C. N. 'A' 8 | 15-073-72072 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Pearson 20 | 15-073-23892 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White Pine Petroleum Corporation |
| Huber 11 | 15-073-23903 | Active | Oil | Sauder Oil Co., LLC |
| Reilly 7 | 15-073-23916 | Active | Oil | Vanderman Oilfield Services LLC |
| Hull 'A' & 'B' R-3 | 15-073-20356 | Shut-in | Oil | Warhorse Petroleum Inc |
| Bond 1 | 15-073-23922 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eaton Petroleum |
| Clopton Unit Gwr 25-8 | 15-073-23915 | Active | Oil | Greenwood Resources L.L.C. |
| Curry 15 | 15-073-23883 | Shut-in | Oil | Warhorse Petroleum Inc |
| May 12 | 15-073-23930 | Active | Oil | Warhorse Petroleum Inc |
| Kipfer B-7 | 15-073-19132 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Schindler Oil, LLC |
| Kipfer A-1 | 15-073-19133 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Schindler Oil, LLC |
| Kipfer A-3 | 15-073-19134 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Schindler Oil, LLC |
| Kipfer A-2 | 15-073-19135 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Schindler Oil, LLC |
| Reilly 4 | 15-073-19136 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Curry Oil |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 12,261 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 Greenwood County, KS?
Greenwood County, Kansas has 12,261 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,005 active, 8,657 plugged and 324 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Greenwood County?
324 wells in Greenwood County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Greenwood County are plugged?
8,657 of Greenwood County's 12,261 catalogued wells (71%) 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); Greenwood County ranks 11th with 12,261.
How many companies operate wells in Greenwood County?
320 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Greenwood 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 28, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Greenwood County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/greenwood (data as of October 28, 2026).