Below is the oil production from the Wherry field between 1966...

Below is the oil production from the Wherry field between 1966 and the present. As you can see their is a lot of oil here. Consider how many wells there were in 2010 and divide it into the total production. There are some monster wells out there.

The Kansas Geological Survey is publicly available information. Have a look at it and see how much oil has been produced in the Welch Bornholdt as well. Lots.

Wherry--Oil and Gas Production

Additional information on this field is available in the Digital Petroleum Atlas
Discovery currently listed:
Operator:
Lease: , Well
Location: 21S-7W: 11
Discovery Date: 01/01/1933
Producing zone:

Counties: Rice
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Producing Formations
Name Depth (ft.) Thickness (ft.) Oil Grav Produces Temperature
LANSING-KANSAS CITY 2900 131 - Oil -
PENN. CONGL. 3358 22 - Oil -
MISSISSIPPIAN 3374 22 - Oil -

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Production Charts
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Year Oil Gas
Production
(bbls) Wells Cumulative
(bbls) Production
(mcf) Wells Cumulative
(mcf)
1966 119,355 79 14,421,825 - - 0
1967 146,084 81 14,567,909 - - 0
1968 237,346 98 14,805,255 - - 0
1969 231,650 101 15,036,905 - - 0
1970 218,687 105 15,255,592 - - 0
1971 246,903 100 15,502,495 - - 0
1972 283,351 104 15,785,846 - - 0
1973 222,125 101 16,007,971 - - 0
1974 183,803 100 16,191,774 - - 0
1975 156,746 96 16,348,520 - - 0
1976 129,166 93 16,477,686 - - 0
1977 108,360 93 16,586,046 - - 0
1978 91,662 92 16,677,708 - - 0
1979 78,120 92 16,755,828 - - 0
1980 79,676 93 16,835,504 - - 0
1981 75,985 96 16,911,489 - - 0
1982 77,496 107 16,988,985 - - 0
1983 88,861 120 17,077,846 - - 0
1984 124,572 121 17,202,418 - - 0
1985 114,929 132 17,317,347 16,218 20 16,218
1986 122,011 136 17,439,358 27,669 25 43,887
1987 88,651 125 17,528,009 93,389 19 137,276
1988 81,225 116 17,609,234 112,600 21 249,876
1989 72,239 110 17,681,473 98,809 22 348,685
1990 74,539 113 17,756,012 93,103 21 441,788
1991 67,966 111 17,823,978 96,510 20 538,298
1992 60,170 96 17,884,148 81,552 19 619,850
1993 51,662 90 17,935,810 71,895 22 691,745
1994 47,909 85 17,983,719 57,187 20 748,932
1995 44,676 86 18,028,395 62,659 20 811,591
1996 39,581 73 18,067,976 57,072 20 868,663
1997 37,151 80 18,105,127 39,722 18 908,385
1998 31,821 73 18,136,948 4,296 14 912,681
1999 29,039 57 18,165,987 858 1 913,539
2000 29,986 63 18,195,973 - - 913,539
2001 26,402 60 18,222,375 - - 913,539
2002 24,981 56 18,247,356 - - 913,539
2003 22,003 48 18,269,359 - - 913,539
2004 30,535 53 18,299,894 - - 913,539
2005 28,273 48 18,328,167 - - 913,539
2006 28,811 53 18,356,978 - - 913,539
2007 25,465 50 18,382,443 - - 913,539
2008 24,600 51 18,407,043 - - 913,539
2009 24,441 44 18,431,484 - - 913,539
2010 23,159 46 18,454,643 - - 913,539
2011* 15,798 44 18,470,441 - - 913,539
*2011 data incomplete at this time. Data from previous years may still change.
Note: bbls is barrels; mcf is 1000 cubic feet.
Kansas Geological Survey
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URL=http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Magellan/Field/index.html
Programs Updated Feb. 12, 2008.
Data from Kansas Dept. of Revenue files monthly.