Decatur County, Kansas — Oil & Gas Wells

1,765 wells on file. Open this county on the map.

1,765
Total wells
159
Producing
1,404
Plugged
42
Injection
69
Permitted
524
Operators
3,787 ft
Avg depth
5,033 ft
Deepest well
10
Spudded 24mo
May 1920
First spud
Mar 2026
Latest spud
—
Cumulative

Formations drilled in Decatur County

Depth range is measured from the wells on file, not a regional average.

FormationWellsProducingShallowestAverageDeepestCumulative
Pennsylvanian System322192,930 ft3,834 ft4,690 ft—
Lansing - Kansas City207603,424 ft4,019 ft4,694 ft—
Arbuckle Group12003,650 ft4,180 ft5,033 ft—
Lansing Group11623,400 ft3,810 ft4,160 ft—
Precambrian System11653,500 ft3,794 ft4,493 ft—
Lansing48152,605 ft3,935 ft4,500 ft—
Cambrian System4632,373 ft3,642 ft4,445 ft—
Granite Wash4323,492 ft3,637 ft4,422 ft—
Arbuckle3623,635 ft3,902 ft4,448 ft—
Kansas City Group3113,515 ft3,890 ft4,160 ft—
Reagan Sandstone2463,515 ft3,740 ft4,377 ft—
Mississippian2113,976 ft4,383 ft4,531 ft—
Kansas City1932,136 ft4,028 ft4,500 ft—
Lnsg1843,522 ft3,657 ft4,200 ft—
Marmaton161257 ft3,674 ft4,220 ft—
Marmaton Group1613,452 ft3,864 ft4,195 ft—
Arbuckle, Lansing Kansas City1642,535 ft4,029 ft4,560 ft—
Permian System1201,602 ft2,346 ft3,148 ft—
Lgkc613,422 ft3,519 ft3,590 ft—
Lansing, Arbuckle621,977 ft3,616 ft4,040 ft—
Cherokee Group503,851 ft4,200 ft4,446 ft—
Kansas City Lower503,750 ft3,918 ft4,058 ft—
Stone Corral Formation502,115 ft2,355 ft2,706 ft—
Lansing, Mississippi414,450 ft4,511 ft4,580 ft—
Cedar Hills Sandstone401,760 ft1,946 ft2,206 ft—
Kinderhook314,401 ft4,460 ft4,500 ft—
Pawnee303,990 ft4,017 ft4,060 ft—
Toronto304,200 ft4,203 ft4,206 ft—
Bartlesville, Kansas City301,898 ft3,196 ft3,850 ft—
Simpson Group Lower303,273 ft3,503 ft3,680 ft—
Pre-Cambrian203,874 ft4,061 ft4,248 ft—
Pslvl213,576 ft3,580 ft3,584 ft—
Pleasanton224,075 ft4,088 ft4,100 ft—
Lansing Kansas City, Toronto203,630 ft3,714 ft3,798 ft—
Conglomerate203,774 ft3,774 ft3,774 ft—
Sumner Group202,325 ft2,428 ft2,530 ft—
Ordovician System203,685 ft3,715 ft3,745 ft—
Cimarron Group202,070 ft2,140 ft2,210 ft—
Pennsylvanian Zone B103,923 ft3,923 ft3,923 ft—
Cherokee103,744 ft3,744 ft3,744 ft—

Operators in Decatur County

OperatorWellsProducingLatest spudCumulative
Murfin Drilling Co., Inc.19747May 2023—
Great Plains Energy, Inc.4413Oct 2019—
Adeco, Inc.399Oct 2020—
Bach Oil Production3926Oct 2016—
Murfin Drilling CO.290Apr 1990—
Abercrombie Drlg240Feb 1979—
Abercrombie, A. L., INC210Apr 1990—
John O. Farmer, Inc.200Jul 1978—
Blueridge Petroleum Corporation198May 2025—
Donald C Slawson190May 1976—
Edmiston Oil Company, Inc.190Dec 1985—
Farmer, John O., Inc.180Jan 1991—
Halliburton Oil Producing CO.180Oct 1972—
Advantage Resources, Inc.170Oct 2006—
Cholla Production, LLC177Sep 2013—
Murfin Drilling CO170Mar 1982—
Energy Search Operating Company160Feb 1982—
Hrbek, R.L.160Jan 1981—
Sauvage W W INC160Apr 1974—
Cities Service CO140Mar 1979—
Empire Drlg140Dec 1973—
Jones, Shelburne, And Farmer, Inc.140May 1957—
Midgard Energy Company140Jul 1985—
Okmar Oil CO140Oct 1970—
Platte Valley Oil Co., Inc.147Nov 1983—
Abercrombie Drilling Inc.130Oct 1991—
Continental Oil CO130Oct 1956—
Oxford Expl130Apr 1982—
Prairie Fire Petroleum, LLC130Feb 2018—
Ritchie Exploration, Inc.120Jan 2015—
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