Russell County, Kansas — Oil & Gas Wells

11,880 wells on file. Open this county on the map.

11,880
Total wells
1,625
Producing
7,924
Plugged
539
Injection
134
Permitted
2,612
Operators
3,147 ft
Avg depth
4,535 ft
Deepest well
12
Spudded 24mo
Jan 1903
First spud
Aug 2026
Latest spud
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Cumulative

Formations drilled in Russell County

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

FormationWellsProducingShallowestAverageDeepestCumulative
Arbuckle Group2,434317515 ft3,318 ft4,209 ft—
Arbuckle766330330 ft3,337 ft4,101 ft—
Pennsylvanian System299262,445 ft3,248 ft3,633 ft—
Lansing Group225521,674 ft3,086 ft3,700 ft—
Lansing - Kansas City17267520 ft3,223 ft4,355 ft—
Pennsylvanian Basal Conglomerate10963,035 ft3,294 ft3,550 ft—
Arbuckle, Lansing Kansas City89341,636 ft3,348 ft3,765 ft—
Cambrian System69183,150 ft3,340 ft3,815 ft—
Tarkio Limestone6662,159 ft2,432 ft3,370 ft—
Gorham Sandstone (reagan Sandstone)62193,098 ft3,254 ft3,352 ft—
Reagan Sandstone59163,120 ft3,300 ft3,535 ft—
Wabaunsee Group5272,300 ft2,450 ft3,009 ft—
Precambrian System3553,165 ft3,349 ft3,600 ft—
Lansing3092,917 ft3,275 ft3,510 ft—
Lansing, Arbuckle30143,010 ft3,346 ft3,500 ft—
Pennsylvanian Zone B2213,130 ft3,293 ft3,758 ft—
Kansas City Group1882,916 ft3,153 ft3,383 ft—
Pennsylvanian Conglomerate1823,217 ft3,329 ft3,473 ft—
Granite Wash1633,211 ft3,321 ft3,668 ft—
Kansas City1642,990 ft3,254 ft3,597 ft—
Quartzite1513,174 ft3,362 ft3,634 ft—
Elmont Limestone1412,350 ft2,439 ft2,610 ft—
Tarkio1152,235 ft2,994 ft3,394 ft—
Viola Limestone912,535 ft3,421 ft3,760 ft—
160slcs803,278 ft3,300 ft3,357 ft—
Mississippi872,372 ft3,214 ft3,410 ft—
Ordovician System803,074 ft3,286 ft3,400 ft—
Tarkio Limestone Member822,420 ft2,790 ft3,274 ft—
Heebner Shale712,810 ft2,929 ft3,044 ft—
Topeka Limestone702,656 ft2,780 ft2,900 ft—
Dover Limestone622,123 ft2,197 ft2,400 ft—
Fort Riley Limestone601,460 ft1,539 ft1,593 ft—
Permian System60855 ft1,413 ft2,885 ft—
Lansing-Kansas City, Arbuckle543,364 ft3,403 ft3,500 ft—
Marmaton Group503,152 ft3,279 ft3,375 ft—
Third Tarkio523,011 ft3,207 ft3,307 ft—
Arb403,141 ft3,240 ft3,300 ft—
Conglomerate403,330 ft3,456 ft3,653 ft—
Lans412,920 ft3,118 ft3,210 ft—
Mississippian403,204 ft3,362 ft3,510 ft—

Operators in Russell County

OperatorWellsProducingLatest spudCumulative
Mai Oil Operations, Inc.342144Aug 2026—
Murfin Drilling Co., Inc.24989Jun 2022—
Shields Oil Producers Inc.24936Jan 1992—
Cities Service Oil CO.2321Aug 1983—
G L M Company222108Dec 2025—
Berexco LLC20997Jan 2023—
Farmer, John O., Inc.16835Jul 2022—
Fossil Creek Energy, LLC154105Feb 2017—
W I Southern, Inc.1150Nov 1946—
Bennett & Schulte Oil Co., A General Partnership11139Jul 2014—
Skelly Oil CO.1112Apr 1993—
Jason Oil Company, LLC10960Aug 2021—
Rains & Williamson Oil Co., Inc.10014Nov 2003—
Coralena Oil CO.870Mar 1984—
Shields Oil Producers INC860Sep 1989—
Oxy USA Inc.810Mar 1993—
Home Stake Production CO.790Jun 1964—
Prospect Oil & Gas CORP7124Jul 2018—
V. Francis Weigel Family Partnership LLC7151Jul 2014—
Scheck Oil Operation6940May 2014—
Natl. Coop. Refinery Assoc.680Mar 1981—
Gulf Oil Corp.670May 1983—
Murfin Drilling CO.670Oct 1981—
Royal Drilling INC6038Aug 2016—
Smg Resources LLC6050Jun 2024—
Popp Operating, Inc.5730Sep 2011—
Vonfeldt, Alan J5725Dec 2023—
American Warrior Inc.5518Jul 2018—
Shields Oil Producers550Jul 1976—
Stanolind Oil & Gas CO.531Mar 1955—
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