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2002 Kansas Oil & Gas Production by Operator

Kansas Geological Survey
Open-file Report 2002-53

Fiscal Year 2002 Kansas Oil & Gas Production by Operator

Timothy R. Carr
Kansas Geological Survey
Open-File Report 2002-53

Summary


Attached are tables showing oil and gas production by operator for the state fiscal year from July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002 (FY2002). Tables were generated from relational databases maintained by the Kansas Geological Survey using data supplied by the Kansas Department of Revenue. Given that productive leases are continuously transferred between operators, production for individual operators may not be current.

During FY2002, a total of 2,288 operators reported oil production of 33,585,682 barrels, which is down from the 34,273,223 barrels reported in FY2001 (Kansas open-File report 2001-32, http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/2001/ofr2001-32/). The top 20 operators produced 2,175,210 barrels of oil, and accounted for 36.25% of total production (Table 1). A complete listing of oil production for all operators is provided in Appendix 1.

Gas production during FY2002 was reported by 989 operators and totaled 472 billion cubic feet (bcf), which is down from the 494 bcf reported in FY2001 (Kansas open-File report 2001-32, http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/publication/2001/ofr2001-32/). The top 20 operators produced 387 bcf of gas, and accounted for 81.8% of total production (Table 2). A complete listing of all operators is provided in Appendix 2.

Zip of lists of Operators (Appendix 1 and 2) MS Excel format (xls)

Note: Gas production for the top 20 operators in FY2001 is misstated in Open-File Report 2001-32. Production should be 407bcf instead of 207bcf.

Table 1

OIL PRODUCTION FROM JULY 1, 2001 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2002

Ranking

OPERATOR NAME

PRODUCTION (bo)

1

BEREXCO INC

1,590,870

2

OXY USA INC

1,479,284

3

VESS OIL CORP

1,255,955

4

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CO

1,206,794

5

MURFIN DRILLING CO

1,006,925

6

AMERICAN WARRIOR INC

583,154

7

HELMERICH & PAYNE INC

548,080

8

PETROSANTANDER (USA)

532,160

9

OIL PRODUCERS INC

484,141

10

MCCOY PETROLEUM CORP

460,643

11

RITCHIE EXPLORATION

387,709

12

EQUINOX OIL CO

374,697

13

ABERCROMBIE ENERGY

369,518

14

PICKRELL DRILLING CO

359,330

15

THOUROUGHBRED ASSOCIATES

296,143

16

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY

295,191

17

WHITE EAGLE RESOURCE

281,288

18

PETROELUM PROPERTY

226,868

19

FARMER JOHN O INC

226,414

20

MAI OIL OPERATIOONS

210,045

Table 2

GAS PRODUCTION FROM JULY 1, 2001 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2002

Ranking

OPERATOR NAME

PRODUCTION (mcf)

1

BP AMERICA

81,703,011

2

EXXON-MOBIL

73,845,127

3

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CO

61,694,532

4

OXY USA INC

54,406,443

5

PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES

38,051,280

6

HELMERICH & PAYNE INC

15,221,167

7

PLAINS PETROLEUM CO

12,502,371

8

CHESAPEAKE OPERATING

7,785,756

9

KANSAS NATURAL GAS

5,761,172

10

OSBORN HEIRS CO

5,202,694

11

LOUIE DREYFUS NATURAL GAS

4,577,884

12

TEXACO EXPLORATION

3,825,528

13

CROSS TIMBERS OIL CO

3,810,113

14

BEREXCO INC

3,469,094

15

OIL PRODUCERS INC

2,920,178

16

WOOLSEY PETROLEUM CO

2,663,249

17

HORSEHOE OPERATING

2,492,681

18

SAMUEL GARY JR & ASSOCIATES

2,415,372

19

DEVON ENERGY

2,174,688

20

MCCOY PETROLEUM CORP

2,105,503


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