Oil & gas wells in Phillips County, KS
1,696 catalogued wells in Phillips County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Phillips County, Kansas has 1,696 catalogued oil & gas wells: 408 active (24%), 1,204 plugged & abandoned (71%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 64th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,696
Active
408
Plugged
1,204
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Phillips County?
24% of Phillips County's wells are active, 3 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 14 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 67 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Phillips County?
By product class, 914 of the county's wells (54%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 226 (13%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Phillips County well is 4,152 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 Phillips County compare with other Kansas counties?
Phillips County has the 64th-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 72nd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Phillips County?
104 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Phillips County. 64% 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 Phillips County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krause B-1 | 15-147-20585 | Orphaned | Oil | H & H Investments |
| Boethin 2 | 15-147-20594 | Active | Oil | Viking Resources, Inc |
| Hanchett 2 | 15-147-20601 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. P. Nixon Operations, Inc |
| Gebhard 'A' 1 | 15-147-20591 | Active | Oil | Bach Oil Production |
| Harrison 1 | 15-147-20096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Huffstutter 'C' 2 | 15-147-00422 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petroleum Management, Inc. |
| Huffstutter 'D' 3 | 15-147-00741 | Active | Oil | Bach Oil Production |
| Rakestraw 'A' 1 | 15-147-00564 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Imm 'C' 2 | 15-147-00760 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Petroleum Management, Inc. |
| Jackson 6 | 15-147-00766 | Active | Oil | Bach Oil Production |
| Reece 'B' 6 | 15-147-00779 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petroleum Management, Inc. |
| Reece 'C' 1 | 15-147-00801 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | NPF Energy Corporation |
| Reece 'C' 3 | 15-147-00803 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reece 'C' 2 | 15-147-00802 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | NPF Energy Corporation |
| Ray Imm 1 | 15-147-01006 | Active | Oil | Bach Oil Production |
| Robinson 1 | 15-147-00808 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reece 'A' 1 | 15-147-00809 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reece 'A' 2 | 15-147-00810 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reece 'A' 3 | 15-147-00811 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reece 'A' 4 | 15-147-00812 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Mouseley 1 | 15-147-00652 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ellis 1-Swd | 15-147-00955 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Morgan 'B' 1 | 15-147-00954 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morgan 'B' 2 | 15-147-00826 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | NPF Energy Corporation |
| Kaiser 1 | 15-147-00670 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,696 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 Phillips County, KS?
Phillips County, Kansas has 1,696 catalogued oil & gas wells: 408 active, 1,204 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Phillips County?
3 wells in Phillips County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 72nd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Phillips County are plugged?
1,204 of Phillips County's 1,696 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); Phillips County ranks 64th with 1,696.
How many companies operate wells in Phillips County?
104 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Phillips County, Kansas.
Nearby in the Kansas rankings
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 Phillips County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/phillips (data as of October 10, 2026).