Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics
for April 2020
June 26, 2020AUSTIN –– Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for April 2020 came from 172,505 oil wells and 87,853 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from May 2019 to April 2020, total Texas reported production was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 10.4 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.
TABLE 1 - April 2020 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
|
PRODUCT |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
104,819,008 BBLS (barrels) |
3,493,967 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
747,706,903 mcf (thousand cubic feet) |
24,923,563 mcf |
* These are preliminary figures based on production volumes reported by operators and will be updated as late and corrected production reports are received.
TABLE 2 - April 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION
|
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
UPDATED AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
PRELIMINARY AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
126,851,941 BBLS |
4,228,398 BBLS |
98,901,096 BBLS |
3,296,703 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
826,651,752 mcf |
27,555,058 mcf |
680,228,802 mcf |
22,674,293 mcf |
TABLE 3 – April 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
|
MIDLAND |
13,700,100 |
|
|
MARTIN |
8,965,160 |
|
|
REEVES |
7,612,055 |
|
|
KARNES |
7,484,661 |
|
|
HOWARD |
5,926,686 |
|
|
UPTON |
5,732,613 |
|
|
LOVING |
4,593,106 |
|
|
REAGAN |
3,786,459 |
|
|
LA SALLE |
3,756,981 |
|
|
GLASSCOCK |
3,451,533 |
TABLE 4 – April 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
|
REEVES |
74,547,367 |
|
|
WEBB |
49,410,027 |
|
|
MIDLAND |
40,287,396 |
|
|
PANOLA |
32,913,485 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
30,034,409 |
|
|
TARRANT |
29,195,757 |
|
|
KARNES |
25,515,292 |
|
|
LOVING |
24,802,162 |
|
|
REAGAN |
24,651,978 |
|
|
DE WITT |
21,871,720 |
TABLE 5 – April 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
|
REEVES |
5,666,768 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
2,937,237 |
|
|
LOVING |
2,086,388 |
|
|
DE WITT |
1,978,391 |
|
|
KARNES |
868,222 |
|
|
WEBB |
742,409 |
|
|
DIMMIT |
301,524 |
|
|
LA SALLE |
266,806 |
|
|
LIVE OAK |
266,573 |
|
|
MCMULLEN |
213,420 |
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