Oil & gas wells in Osborne County, KS
611 catalogued wells in Osborne County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Osborne County, Kansas has 611 catalogued oil & gas wells: 154 active (25%), 406 plugged & abandoned (66%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 78th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
611
Active
154
Plugged
406
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Osborne County?
25% of Osborne County's wells are active, 4 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 66% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Osborne County; Kansas as a whole has 10,557. The remaining 41 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Osborne County?
By product class, 195 of the county's wells (32%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 26 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Osborne County well is 4,860 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 Osborne County compare with other Kansas counties?
Osborne County has the 78th-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.
Who operates wells in Osborne County?
83 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Osborne County. 69% 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 Osborne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koelling 1 | 15-141-00201 | Active | Oil | Scheck Oil Operation |
| Hirst 'B' 1 | 15-141-20351 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shields Oil Producers Inc. |
| Green 1 | 15-141-00215 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmer, John O., Inc. |
| Fallis 1-8 | 15-141-20348 | Active | Oil | Russell Oil, Inc. |
| Fallis 2-8 | 15-141-20353 | Active | Injection | Russell Oil, Inc. |
| Libal 1 | 15-141-20345 | Active | Oil | Bennett & Schulte Oil Co., A General Partnership |
| Chesney 4-9 | 15-141-20208 | Other status | Other type | Tru Extension Oil |
| Eileen 2 | 15-141-20165 | Other status | Other type | Chesney Oil Company |
| Chesney 3-10 | 15-141-20204 | Other status | Other type | Lawbanco Drilling, Inc. |
| Chesney 4-9 | 15-141-20205 | Other status | Other type | Lawbanco Drilling, Inc. |
| Langley 1 | 15-141-20246 | Other status | Other type | H & H Production, Inc. |
| Sigle 'B' 1 | 15-141-20268 | Other status | Other type | Shields Oil Producers Inc. |
| Berkley 1 | 15-141-20288 | Other status | Other type | Shields Oil Producers Inc. |
| Ruggels 'A' 4 | 15-141-00207 | Active | Oil | Scheck Oil Operation |
| Ruggles 'B' 1 | 15-141-00255 | Active | Oil | Scheck Oil Operation |
| Ruggles 'B' 2 | 15-141-00213 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Scheck Oil Operation |
| Ruggels 'A' 3 | 15-141-00206 | Active | Oil | Scheck Oil Operation |
| Ruggels 'A' 2 | 15-141-00280 | Active | Oil | Scheck Oil Operation |
| Greene 'D' 1 | 15-141-20104 | Active | Other type | Farmer, John O., Inc. |
| Brown 1 | 15-141-20173 | Other status | Other type | BJM Enterprises |
| Schultze 1-35 | 15-141-20231 | Other status | Other type | Murfin Drilling Co. |
| Robbins 1 | 15-141-20242 | Other status | Other type | Woodman & Iannitti Oil Company |
| Sigle 3 | 15-141-20248 | Other status | Other type | R.H.S. Oil Company |
| Schultz A 2 | 15-141-20281 | Other status | Other type | Russell Oil, Inc. |
| Conway G 1 | 15-141-20301 | Other status | Other type | Brungardt Oil and Leasing Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 611 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 Osborne County, KS?
Osborne County, Kansas has 611 catalogued oil & gas wells: 154 active, 406 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Osborne County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Osborne County, Kansas.
What share of wells in Osborne County are plugged?
406 of Osborne County's 611 catalogued wells (66%) 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); Osborne County ranks 78th with 611.
How many companies operate wells in Osborne County?
83 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Osborne 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 Osborne County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/osborne (data as of October 10, 2026).