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EDWIN NICHOLS Lease 		Save To File
Lease: EDWIN NICHOLS
Operator: Mike Kelso Oil, Inc.
Location: W2 SW NE T19S, R9W, Sec. 30
Cumulative Production: 189290.42 barrels (from 1939 to 2023)
KS Dept. of Revenue Lease Code: 104364
KS Dept. of Revenue Lease Name: NICHOLS E 1
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Field: Chase-Silica
County: Rice
Producing Zone:
Comments: Per Mike Kelso of Mike Kelso Oil, the Nichols E 1 (15-159-02273) in Sec 30, 19S, 09W Rice Co has been restarted and has resumed producing effective 3/1/2014. The KDOR # of 104364 was deleted from our well file back in 2005. I have rebuilt this in to our system again and Plains Mktg will be reporting production again. See T-1 on file under 104364 on KGS Prod database. Per Mike and the T-1, only this one wellbore will be under this DOR #. 06/03/14-KDOR (DATA-167) Note this lease produced from 1939-1991 before this 2014 production was added.
Well Data (may be an incomplete list):
T19S R9W, Sec. 30, W2 SW NE
Lease: EDWIN NICHOLS 1
Operator: Gulf Oil Corp.
Current Operator: Mike Kelso Oil, Inc.
API Number: 15-159-02273

Data are received monthly from the Kansas Department of Revenue.


Annual Oil Production, (bbls)

Year Production Wells
Production Plots

1939 17,656 1
1940 12,306 1
1941 5,479 1
1942 6,397 1
1943 12,497 1
1944 13,676 1
1945 10,816 1
1946 7,545 1
1947 6,637 1
1948 5,422 1
1949 5,225 1
1950 4,836 1
1951 4,455 1
1952 4,374 1
1953 3,808 1
1954 3,988 1
1955 3,485 1
1956 3,250 1
1957 4,288 1
1958 3,320 1
1959 2,958 1
1960 2,897 1
1961 2,527 1
1962 2,158 1
1963 2,187 1
1964 1,840 1
1965 2,094 1
1966 1,646 1
1967 1,764 1
1968 1,772 1
1969 1,652 1
1970 1,568 1
1971 1,514 1
1972 1,148 1
1973 1,370 1
1974 1,362 1
1975 1,220 1
1976 815 1
1977 1,211 1
1978 773 1
1979 1,269 1
1980 1,197 1
1981 1,038 1
1982 846 1
1983 1,381 1
1984 624 1
1985 619 1
1986 341 1
1987 257 1
1988 795 1
1989 583 1
1990 330 1
1991 592 1
1992 - -
1993 - -
1994 - -
1995 - -
1996 - -
1997 - -
1998 - -
1999 - -
2000 - -
2001 - -
2002 - -
2003 - -
2004 - -
2005 - -
2006 - -
2007 - -
2008 - -
2009 - -
2010 - -
2011 - -
2012 - -
2013 - -
2014 708 1
2015 630 1
2016 476 1
2017 469 1
2018 614 1
2019 465 1
2020 507 1
2021 683 1
2022 468 1
2023 465 1
Reported through 10-2023.
Note: bbls is barrels; mcf is 1000 cubic feet. 		  Recent Monthly Oil Production, (bbls)
(Complete production available in file saved
using blue button at top of page.)
Year Month Production Wells Reporter or Purchaser/
Reporting Customer
2014 3 213.25 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (91%) ,
Azkan Oil & Gas LLC (9%)
2014 4 162.74 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2014 5 171.62 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2014 10 159.99 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2015 1 160.87 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2015 5 158.47 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2015 8 151.22 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2015 12 158.98 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2016 4 162.32 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2016 8 154.55 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2016 12 158.64 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2017 4 164.31 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2017 7 151.5 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2017 11 152.73 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2018 2 153.97 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2018 5 142.79 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2018 9 155.47 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2018 12 161.41 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2019 4 154.4 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2019 7 156.65 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2019 10 153.87 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2020 2 172.06 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2020 5 170.69 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2020 9 164.32 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2021 1 201.38 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (83%) ,
Azkan Oil & Gas LLC (17%)
2021 4 165.24 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2021 8 154.42 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2021 12 161.91 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2022 3 159.91 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2022 7 152.97 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2022 11 155.15 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2023 3 156.33 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2023 6 154.94 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)
2023 10 153.35 1 PLAINS MARKETING L.P. (100%)


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