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BRECHEISEN 1 Lease 		Save To File
Lease: BRECHEISEN 1
Operator: Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas
Location: SW T35S, R38W, Sec. 9
Cumulative Production: 16296074 mcf (from 1957 to 2024)
KS Dept. of Revenue Lease Code: 200447
KS Dept. of Revenue Lease Name: BRECHEISEN 1-9
Field: Hugoton Gas Area
County: Stevens
Producing Zone: Chase Group
Well Data (may be an incomplete list):
T35S R38W, Sec. 9, SW
Lease: Brecheisen 1
Operator: Norval Ballard
Current Operator: Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas
API Number: 15-189-00751
Cumulative production pre-1958 is 1481927

Data are received monthly from the Kansas Department of Revenue.


Annual Gas Production, (mcf)

Year Production Wells
Production Plots

1958 184,997 1
1959 250,401 1
1960 282,605 1
1961 280,931 1
1962 227,129 1
1963 390,003 1
1964 543,668 1
1965 447,258 1
1966 563,232 1
1967 443,868 1
1968 597,866 1
1969 562,613 1
1970 420,943 1
1971 464,204 1
1972 441,872 1
1973 489,791 1
1974 608,526 1
1975 506,036 1
1976 485,999 1
1977 503,954 1
1978 578,281 1
1979 544,554 1
1980 555,622 1
1981 216,378 1
1982 59,745 1
1983 130,831 1
1984 167,375 1
1985 270,955 1
1986 142,748 1
1987 95,236 1
1988 342,540 1
1989 336,876 1
1990 288,845 1
1991 209,902 1
1992 228,761 1
1993 132,575 1
1994 147,798 1
1995 190,352 1
1996 205,414 1
1997 112,903 1
1998 - -
1999 122,538 1
2000 134,361 1
2001 98,954 1
2002 85,216 1
2003 79,380 1
2004 68,867 1
2005 68,466 1
2006 57,900 1
2007 45,160 1
2008 42,175 1
2009 39,633 1
2010 34,531 1
2011 30,300 1
2012 28,063 1
2013 27,310 1
2014 23,502 1
2015 20,903 1
2016 22,261 1
2017 21,485 1
2018 21,458 1
2019 19,163 1
2020 18,843 1
2021 16,264 1
2022 14,855 1
2023 15,011 1
2024 3,961 1
Reported through 3-2024.
Note: bbls is barrels; mcf is 1000 cubic feet. 		  Recent Monthly Gas Production, (mcf)
(Complete production available in file saved
using blue button at top of page.)
Year Month Production Wells Reporter or Purchaser/
Reporting Customer
2014 1 2354 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 2 2090 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 3 2103 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 4 1796 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 5 1826 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 6 1758 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 7 1803 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 8 1605 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 9 1810 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 10 2044 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 11 2143 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2014 12 2170 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 1 2104 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 2 1984 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 3 2077 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 4 1352 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 5 1122 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 6 1398 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 7 1845 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 8 1534 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 9 1418 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 10 1942 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 11 2040 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2015 12 2087 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2016 1 2099 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2016 2 1970 1 ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (100%)
2016 3 1842 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (3%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (97%)
2016 4 1763 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (5%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (95%)
2016 5 1837 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (7%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (93%)
2016 6 1923 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (25%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (75%)
2016 7 1988 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (28%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (72%)
2016 8 1680 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (24%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (76%)
2016 9 1393 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (8%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (92%)
2016 10 1900 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (16%) ,
ANADARKO ENERGY SERVICES CO (84%)
2016 11 1962 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2016 12 1904 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 1 1916 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 2 1793 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 3 1841 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 4 1904 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 5 1959 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 6 1523 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 7 1510 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (13%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (87%)
2017 8 1493 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (5%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (95%)
2017 9 1633 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 10 2000 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 11 1940 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2017 12 1973 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 1 1974 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 2 1778 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 3 1944 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (4%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (96%)
2018 4 1938 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (10%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (90%)
2018 5 1922 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (13%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (87%)
2018 6 1843 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (25%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (75%)
2018 7 1866 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (27%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (73%)
2018 8 1456 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (9%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (91%)
2018 9 1477 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 10 1716 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 11 1760 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2018 12 1784 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 1 1776 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 2 1513 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 3 1776 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 4 1712 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 5 1698 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 6 1586 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 7 1315 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 8 1135 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 9 1236 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 10 1852 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 11 1716 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2019 12 1848 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 1 1813 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 2 1702 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 3 1880 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 4 1722 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 5 1488 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (14%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (86%)
2020 6 1354 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (28%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (72%)
2020 7 1528 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (31%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (69%)
2020 8 1247 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (21%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (79%)
2020 9 1375 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 10 1594 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 11 1575 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2020 12 1565 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2021 1 1584 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2021 2 1241 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2021 3 1586 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2021 4 1594 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2021 5 1569 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2021 6 1070 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (6%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (94%)
2021 7 883 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (17%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (83%)
2021 8 960 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (54%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (46%)
2021 9 1319 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (62%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (38%)
2021 10 1559 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2021 11 1538 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (6%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (94%)
2021 12 1361 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 1 1237 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 2 1021 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 3 1527 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 4 1297 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 5 946 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 6 937 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 7 1347 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (47%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (53%)
2022 8 1036 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (41%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (59%)
2022 9 1571 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (52%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (48%)
2022 10 1248 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 11 1258 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2022 12 1430 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 1 1424 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 2 1281 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 3 1327 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (4%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (96%)
2023 4 802 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 5 1317 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 6 1280 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 7 1003 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (0%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 8 638 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (6%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (94%)
2023 9 882 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2023 10 2205 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (39%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (61%)
2023 11 1441 1 Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (26%) ,
Merit Energy Company, LLC (74%)
2023 12 1411 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2024 1 1386 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2024 2 1321 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)
2024 3 1254 1 Merit Energy Company, LLC (100%)


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Programs Updated May 27, 2014
Data from Kansas Dept. of Revenue files monthly.