Morton County, Kansas — Oil & Gas Wells

3,553 wells on file. Open this county on the map.

3,553
Total wells
788
Producing
1,422
Plugged
74
Injection
157
Permitted
436
Operators
4,063 ft
Avg depth
7,391 ft
Deepest well
2
Spudded 24mo
Apr 1905
First spud
Aug 2025
Latest spud
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Cumulative

Formations drilled in Morton County

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

FormationWellsProducingShallowestAverageDeepestCumulative
Chase Group643436100 ft2,903 ft7,000 ft—
Mrw U294613,485 ft5,042 ft6,561 ft—
Mississippian26881,450 ft5,360 ft7,000 ft—
Shawnee Group201262,390 ft3,578 ft5,630 ft—
Morrow191333,178 ft5,513 ft6,796 ft—
Council Grove Group18479591 ft3,086 ft6,150 ft—
Mrw L111144,450 ft5,563 ft6,900 ft—
Kearny Formation8503,318 ft5,052 ft5,800 ft—
St. Louis Limestone7424,850 ft5,744 ft6,867 ft—
St Louis5235,056 ft5,941 ft6,650 ft—
Chester4904,560 ft5,308 ft6,533 ft—
Red Cave Sandstone4151,191 ft1,535 ft5,128 ft—
St. Genevieve Limestone3404,700 ft5,337 ft6,477 ft—
Chase32202,300 ft3,018 ft6,450 ft—
Shawnee, Wabaunsee32123,115 ft3,439 ft5,269 ft—
Lansing Group2613,000 ft3,399 ft4,340 ft—
Council Grove25182,191 ft3,095 ft5,500 ft—
Lansing-Kansas City, Shawnee2422,990 ft3,234 ft3,406 ft—
Topeka2491,040 ft3,627 ft5,502 ft—
Wbns2473,100 ft4,111 ft5,676 ft—
Red Cave2211,232 ft1,359 ft2,100 ft—
Upper Kearny Member2204,246 ft4,570 ft5,827 ft—
Keys1804,576 ft5,043 ft5,400 ft—
Pennsylvanian System1411,732 ft4,184 ft5,350 ft—
Marmaton1323,910 ft4,917 ft5,832 ft—
Topeka Limestone1312,980 ft3,298 ft3,675 ft—
Morrow, St Louis1205,982 ft6,306 ft6,720 ft—
Permian System120500 ft1,224 ft1,951 ft—
Lecompton1113,311 ft3,385 ft3,505 ft—
Cretaceous System100670 ft1,139 ft1,460 ft—
Morrow Upper1021,378 ft4,776 ft6,600 ft—
Purdy904,250 ft4,455 ft5,140 ft—
Morrow D825,478 ft5,548 ft5,650 ft—
Chrk725,200 ft5,407 ft6,000 ft—
Kansas City723,500 ft3,809 ft4,000 ft—
Lansing713,500 ft4,566 ft5,175 ft—
Lower Kearny Member705,023 ft5,638 ft6,380 ft—
Morrow U702,100 ft3,949 ft4,265 ft—
Wabaunsee703,250 ft4,586 ft5,600 ft—
Shawnee624,000 ft4,000 ft4,000 ft—

Operators in Morton County

OperatorWellsProducingLatest spudCumulative
Eiger Operating Company, LLC800662Nov 2019—
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation4420Jun 2010—
Oxy USA Inc.3010Aug 2012—
Colorado Interstate Gas Co., LLC820Aug 2025—
Bp America Production Company560Jun 2001—
Merit Energy Company, LLC561Mar 2024—
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline CO.500Sep 1970—
Anadarko Production CO.430Dec 1982—
Cities Service CO400Aug 1985—
Hg Oil Holdings, LLC3717Feb 2006—
Nadel And Gussman LLC370Sep 2006—
Cities Service Oil CO.350May 1982—
Anadarko Production Company340Mar 1985—
Enterra Resources, LLC3120Jun 2023—
Energy Transfer Company300Sep 2024—
Scout Energy Management LLC300Apr 2013—
Pan American Petroleum CORP280Feb 1963—
Berexco LLC2610Jan 2023—
Exxonmobil Oil CORP230Sep 1997—
Eog Resources, Inc.210Jan 2011—
Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation200May 1996—
Edison Operating Company LLC2015Jan 1994—
Impetro Nonop LLC1912Dec 2013—
J M Huber Corp.180Feb 1989—
Huber, J.M. Corporation170Mar 1993—
Presco Western LLC170Nov 2009—
Anadarko E & P Onshore LLC160Dec 2013—
Chesapeake Operating, LLC150Oct 1994—
Palmer Oil, Inc.154Nov 2009—
Midwestern Exploration Company140Feb 1995—
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Stanton 1,808Stevens 3,967Grant 2,655Hamilton 1,311Seward 3,232Haskell 3,270Kearny 2,959Greeley 943
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