Pawnee County, Kansas — Oil & Gas Wells

3,419 wells on file. Open this county on the map.

3,419
Total wells
208
Producing
2,797
Plugged
31
Injection
125
Permitted
1,150
Operators
3,988 ft
Avg depth
5,999 ft
Deepest well
2
Spudded 24mo
Nov 1929
First spud
Jun 2026
Latest spud
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Cumulative

Formations drilled in Pawnee County

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

FormationWellsProducingShallowestAverageDeepestCumulative
Arbuckle Group926173,658 ft4,038 ft5,364 ft—
Mississippian376271,020 ft4,346 ft4,860 ft—
Arbuckle230582,626 ft4,040 ft4,880 ft—
Viola Limestone19873,712 ft4,332 ft4,756 ft—
Chase Group93101,922 ft2,331 ft4,300 ft—
Simpson Group Lower8123,818 ft4,110 ft4,424 ft—
Kinderhookian3434,185 ft4,398 ft4,615 ft—
Pennsylvanian System3323,030 ft4,072 ft4,400 ft—
Mississippian System3364,190 ft4,364 ft4,760 ft—
Cherokee Group3133,951 ft4,282 ft4,485 ft—
Viola31113,930 ft4,317 ft4,995 ft—
Permian System2821,020 ft2,291 ft2,580 ft—
Pennsylvanian Basal Conglomerate2703,620 ft4,102 ft4,430 ft—
Mississippi1962,110 ft4,295 ft4,800 ft—
Cherokee1414,120 ft4,268 ft4,352 ft—
Chase1412,335 ft2,903 ft4,502 ft—
Lansing Group1423,544 ft3,772 ft4,055 ft—
Lansing-Kansas City1123,800 ft4,127 ft4,550 ft—
Precambrian System1003,573 ft4,121 ft4,639 ft—
Misener Sandstone1014,255 ft4,365 ft4,400 ft—
Simpson Group923,902 ft4,005 ft4,124 ft—
Osage Stage934,260 ft4,356 ft4,394 ft—
Penn Basal Cong814,070 ft4,233 ft4,430 ft—
Kansas City Group603,645 ft4,085 ft4,407 ft—
Ordovician System603,926 ft4,261 ft4,605 ft—
Xmississippi504,260 ft4,350 ft4,439 ft—
Conglomerate504,090 ft4,118 ft4,170 ft—
Howard Limestone502,501 ft2,918 ft3,050 ft—
Arbuckle, Lansing Kansas City413,916 ft3,979 ft4,050 ft—
Cherokee, Mississippi424,212 ft4,302 ft4,352 ft—
Fort Riley Limestone432,330 ft2,443 ft2,500 ft—
Lansing, Arbuckle414,250 ft4,388 ft4,534 ft—
Wabaunsee Group402,569 ft2,939 ft3,195 ft—
Lansing314,103 ft4,757 ft5,999 ft—
Simpson304,060 ft4,304 ft4,520 ft—
Topeka Limestone313,060 ft3,155 ft3,305 ft—
Reagan Sandstone203,980 ft4,161 ft4,342 ft—
Kinderhook214,365 ft4,413 ft4,460 ft—
Council Grove Group212,600 ft2,723 ft2,845 ft—
Osagean Stage224,348 ft4,355 ft4,361 ft—

Operators in Pawnee County

OperatorWellsProducingLatest spudCumulative
F. G. Holl Company L.L.C.676Oct 2014—
Benson Mineral Group, Inc.550Jun 1985—
Downing-Nelson Oil CO INC5326Jul 2023—
Elendil Resources LLC4434Sep 2014—
Shelby Resources LLC410Sep 2021—
Bear Petroleum, LLC396Jun 2022—
Younger Energy Company346Feb 2019—
Apollo Energies, Inc.3313Feb 2013—
F & M Oil330Jan 1985—
Graham, Messman & Rinehart Oil CO330Jan 1956—
Pickrell Drilling Company INC3313Sep 2016—
Gulf Oil Corp.320Nov 1957—
Vickers Petroleum CO310Nov 1955—
Alpine Drlg CO290Jan 1985—
Charter Energy, Inc.2714Aug 2014—
Cities Service CO270Sep 1965—
Colorado Oil & Gas CORP270Jul 1956—
Alpine Oil & Royalty CO260Mar 1968—
Stanolind Oil & Gas CO260Nov 1953—
Hinkle Oil Company210Mar 1988—
Oil Producers, Inc. Of Kansas210Oct 2007—
Allen Drilling Company200Jul 1995—
Ritchie Exploration, Inc.201Jun 2026—
Hilton Drilling CO.190Sep 1956—
Welch & Olsson190Dec 1956—
L. D. Drilling, Inc.170Nov 2020—
Natural Gas Pipeline Company Of America LLC170Jul 2023—
Pintail Petroleum, Ltd.170Jan 2001—
American Warrior, Inc.153Mar 2015—
Benson Mineral Group INC150——
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