Oil & gas wells in Reno County, KS
4,031 catalogued wells in Reno County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Reno County, Kansas has 4,031 catalogued oil & gas wells: 544 active (13%), 2,952 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 35th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,031
Active
544
Plugged
2,952
Documented orphans
5
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Reno County?
13% of Reno County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 149 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 381 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Reno County?
By product class, 1,775 of the county's wells (44%) are oil wells, 251 (6%) gas wells and 345 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Reno County well is 9,346 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 Reno County compare with other Kansas counties?
Reno County has the 35th-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 63rd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Reno County?
325 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Reno County. 41% 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 Reno County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welker 1-16 | 15-155-21446 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Corsair Energy, LC |
| Miller 2-20 | 15-155-21448 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Exploration Company L.C. |
| Malcom Woodson 1 | 15-155-19010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hoffman Resources LLC |
| Miller 1-36 | 15-155-21453 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Corsair Energy, LC |
| Miller 3-20 | 15-155-21457 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Exploration Company L.C. |
| Hutchinson Test 1 | 15-155-21458 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Koch Exploration Company |
| Montford 1 | 15-155-19015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | R & B Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Hodge Trust 1-11 | 15-155-21459 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | MAKO Operating Company, LLC |
| Wilke 1 | 15-155-21450 | Active | Oil | Novy Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Morgan-Yeakel Unit 1 | 15-155-21451 | Shut-in | Oil | Novy Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Albrecht 1 | 15-155-21452 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Banks Oil Co |
| Trembley Unit 'X' 8 | 15-155-21440 | Active | Oil | Berexco LLC |
| Priddle 3 | 15-155-70019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | W.R.A. Oil Co. |
| Well API 15-155-38682 | 15-155-38682 | Other status | Other type | — |
| White Farms 1-34 | 15-155-21460 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | MAKO Operating Company, LLC |
| Keller 2-18 | 15-155-21461 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Phillips Exploration Company L.C. |
| Reece 2-11 | 15-155-21462 | Active | Gas | H3 Oil & Gas |
| Miller 'A' 7 | 15-155-20198 | Other status | Other type | TGT Petroleum Corporation |
| Brawner 1 | 15-155-20053 | Active | Oil | Excalibur Production Company, Inc. |
| Mcelwain 1 | 15-155-20178 | Active | Oil | Excalibur Production Company, Inc. |
| Popp 1 | 15-155-01952 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Farmland Industries D-1 | 15-155-20307 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Farmland Industries E-1 | 15-155-20308 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Consolidated Storage 'L' 3 | 15-155-20330 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Consolidated Storage 'H' 3 | 15-155-20331 | Other status | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,031 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 Reno County, KS?
Reno County, Kansas has 4,031 catalogued oil & gas wells: 544 active, 2,952 plugged and 5 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Reno County?
5 wells in Reno County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 63rd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Reno County are plugged?
2,952 of Reno County's 4,031 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Reno County ranks 35th with 4,031.
How many companies operate wells in Reno County?
325 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Reno 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 Reno County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/reno (data as of October 10, 2026).