Oil & gas wells in Osage County, KS
150 catalogued wells in Osage County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Osage County, Kansas has 150 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10 active (7%), 91 plugged & abandoned (61%) and 13 documented orphans. It ranks 88th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
150
Active
10
Plugged
91
Documented orphans
13
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Osage County?
7% of Osage County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 61% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 13 wells (9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 31 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Osage County?
By product class, 25 of the county's wells (17%) are oil wells, 4 (3%) gas wells and 4 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Osage County well is 3,408 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 Osage County compare with other Kansas counties?
Osage County has the 88th-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 42nd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Osage County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Osage County. 33% 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 Osage County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small 1 | 15-139-20072 | Other status | Other type | Scheuneman, Lester |
| Gray 6-12 | 15-139-20081 | Orphaned | Gas | Meritage Energy Partners, LLC |
| Gray 4-12 | 15-139-20082 | Orphaned | Gas | Meritage Energy Partners, LLC |
| Patterson 4-8 | 15-139-20083 | Orphaned | Gas | Meritage Energy Partners, LLC |
| Meyer 8-36 | 15-139-20093 | Other status | Other type | Berry Petroleum Company |
| Stigewell 1 | 15-139-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Albert Weir 1 | 15-139-20004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Green Farm 1 | 15-139-20009 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Brandon 2 | 15-139-20021 | Active | Oil | Catfish Oil |
| Griggs-Altex 2 | 15-139-20031 | Other status | Other type | — |
| D. Edwards 1 | 15-139-20033 | Other status | Other type | — |
| D. Edwards 2 | 15-139-20034 | Other status | Other type | — |
| D. Edwards 2 | 15-139-20035 | Other status | Other type | — |
| D. Small 1 | 15-139-20036 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Litch 1 | 15-139-20037 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Evertson 1 | 15-139-20038 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Sampson 1 | 15-139-20040 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Lafferty 'C' 36 | 15-139-20043 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Woodbury 1 | 15-139-20045 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Westport Petroleum Corporation |
| Morgan 1 | 15-139-20047 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Woodward 1 | 15-139-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Osage City St 3 | 15-139-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Keller 1 | 15-139-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Alley 1 | 15-139-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ramage 1 | 15-139-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 150 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 Osage County, KS?
Osage County, Kansas has 150 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10 active, 91 plugged and 13 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Osage County?
13 wells in Osage County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 42nd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Osage County are plugged?
91 of Osage County's 150 catalogued wells (61%) 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); Osage County ranks 88th with 150.
How many companies operate wells in Osage County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Osage 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 Osage County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/osage (data as of October 10, 2026).