MELCHER CHAS
Lease 1001154894 · Anderson County, Kansas · Sec 18 T21S R20E
Oil1976–1980
Operator
LADD PETROLEUM C
Cumulative (state figure)
824 bbl
First production
1976
Last production
1980
Location (PLSS)
Sec 18 T21S R20E
Monthly oil production
2 months filed with the Kansas Geological Survey, May 1980 to Dec 1980. Volumes are bbl at lease level — a lease can cover many wells, so this is not a well's output.
Total over the months shown
160 bbl
Months filed
2
Most wells in a month
1
This lease was producing before 1980, and the series begins in January 1980. The total above covers the months shown, not the life of the lease; the state's own cumulative is 824 bbl.
| Month | Oil (bbl) | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1980 | 77 | 1 |
| May 1980 | 83 | 1 |
Lease-level volumes as filed with the Kansas Geological Survey. A blank well count is a month the state filed no count for, not a month with no wells.
Wells on this lease
The state’s well register assigns no well to this lease. 23,174 of 98,639 Kansas leases are in that position — a lease is a production unit, and the register does not always name the holes under it.
Location
38.219647, -95.249817 · Sec 18 T21S R20E
Kansas Geological Survey data, corpus built 2026-09-07. Lease 1001154894. The state’s own record.