The Kansas Geological Society's Nomenclature Committee, in association with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) and the Kansas Geological Survey, have named 9 new oil and gas fields in Kansas at a meeting recently held in Wichita, Kansas. The new "rank wildcat" discoveries in Kansas is down by 18 percent compared to 11 new fields a year ago. The number of new discoveries of all types in 2007, including infield wildcats, totaled 16, down from 31 a year ago or by nearly 48 percent . In addition to naming new pool openers, the KGS Committee also acknowledged 37 field extensions, 8 new source pays in established fields, and 3 previously abandoned fields were revived.