Buckhead Energy buys Russell County, Kansas mineral rights and royalties.
Russell County drilling right now — Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data, as of 2026-11-06:
Figures for Russell County, Kansas. Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. A figure based on fewer than 3 wells is withheld.
Oil valued at the EIA WTI Cushing monthly average price; gas at the EIA Henry Hub monthly average × 1.037 MMBtu per mcf. This is historical gross value at benchmark prices, before price differentials, deductions, and taxes — not an estimate of any owner's income or a valuation.
| Year | Oil | Gas | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $78,000,000 | $0 | $78,000,000 |
| 2024 | $110,000,000 | $0 | $110,000,000 |
| 2023 | $120,000,000 | $0 | $120,000,000 |
Median permit to spud: 18 days (20 wells)
Median spud to first production: 52 days (8 wells)
Drilled, not yet producing: 31 wells spudded in the last three years with no first production reported; median 650 days since spud
This page covers Russell County. For the statewide guide — every county, live drilling data, and how selling works across the state — see Kansas Mineral Rights.
Own a royalty rather than the minerals themselves? See selling oil & gas royalties in Kansas — severance tax, property-tax treatment, and whether a dormancy statute applies.
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Quick answer — Does Buckhead Energy buy mineral rights in Russell County, Kansas?
Russell County is one of the oldest oil counties in Kansas, on the Central Kansas Uplift, with production dating to the early 1920s.
The Fairport and Gorham fields, discovered in the 1920s, established Russell County as an early Kansas oil center; shallow Arbuckle production continues today.
Cities and communities: Russell.
Russell County, Kansas
Russell (county seat)
2 producing formations
Depth: ~3,000–3,800 ft
Long-producing Ordovician dolomite oil
Depth: shallow Pennsylvanian
Secondary carbonate pay
Russell County is worked by independent Kansas operators maintaining long-life conventional production.
With a century of production, Russell County interests are mature and steady; value tracks current checks rather than new development.
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See any operator's well footprint in Russell County — wells operated, wells that have produced, and what it means if you own minerals under their wells.
Russell County, Kansas includes 11 named oil & gas fields we buy in — each with well counts, active operators, and how to sell an interest there.
Trapp Field · Hall-Gurney Field · Kraft-Prusa Field · Gorham Field · Fairport Field · Wilson Creek Field · Driscoll Field · Davidson Field · Fairview Field · Blue Hill Field · Younger Field · all Kansas fields →
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