November 8, 2019
Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for August 2019 came from 176,054 oil wells and 88,823 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from September 2018 to August 2019, total Texas reported production was 1.427 billion barrels of crude oil and 9.5 trillion cubic feet of total gas.
Crude oil production reported by the RRC is limited to oil produced from oil leases and does not include condensate, which is reported separately by the RRC.
For additional oil and gas production statistics, including the ranking of each Texas County by crude oil, total gas and condensate production, visit the RRC’s website here.
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TABLE 1 – August 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
PRODUCT TOTAL
Crude Oil 107,015,105 BBLS (barrels)
Natural Gas 764,419,398 mcf (thousand cubic feet)
* These are preliminary figures based on production volumes reported by operators and will be updated as late and corrected production reports are received.
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TABLE 2 – AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION**
PRODUCT August 2019 TOTAL August 2018 TOTAL
Crude Oil 3,452,100 BBLS 2,915,096 BBLS
Natural Gas 24,658,690 mcf 19,876,132 mcf
**Preliminary Reported Totals
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TABLE 3 – August 2018 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION
PRODUCT UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL
Crude Oil 122,017,571 BBLS 90,367,988 BBLS
Natural Gas 801,301,797 mcf 616,160,091 mcf
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TABLE 4 – August 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
RANK COUNTY CRUDE OIL (BBLS)
1. MIDLAND 13,400,632
2. KARNES 7,973,560
3. MARTIN 7,925,978
4. REEVES 7,714,855
5. HOWARD 5,288,954
6. LOVING 5,273,275
7. UPTON 4,996,023
8. LA SALLE 4,174,610
9. REAGAN 3,709,146
10. DE WITT 3,158,313
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TABLE 5 – August 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
RANK COUNTY TOTAL GAS (MCF)
1. REEVES 76,810,534
2. WEBB 61,862,993
3. MIDLAND 36,228,160
4. TARRANT 31,930,341
5. PANOLA 31,301,038
6. LOVING 27,407,662
7. CULBERSON 26,870,286
8. KARNES 25,646,306
9. REAGAN 22,287,486
10. DIMMIT 20,608,410
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TABLE 6 – August 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
RANK COUNTY CONDENSATE (BBLS)
1. REEVES 4,853,376
2. LOVING 2,209,020
3. CULBERSON 2,137,969
4. DE WITT 1,175,790
5. DIMMIT 1,142,000
6. WEBB 1,121,159
7. KARNES 849,977
8. LIVE OAK 275,388
9. LA SALLE 230,801
10. WHEELER 144,882