Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics
For July 2020
September 28, 2020AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for July 2020 came from 169,713 oil wells and 84,052 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from August 2019 to July 2020, total Texas reported production was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 10.5 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 Oil & Gas Production web page.
TABLE 1 - July 2020 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
|
PRODUCT |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
108,879,659 BBLS (barrels) |
3,512,247 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
798,320,347 mcf (thousand cubic feet) |
25,752,269 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 - July 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION
|
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
UPDATED AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
PRELIMINARY AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
134,724,334 BBLS |
4,345,946 BBLS |
99,647,938 BBLS |
3,214,450 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
891,122,643 mcf |
28,745,892 mcf |
726,814,426 mcf |
23,445,627 mcf |
TABLE 3 – July 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
|
MIDLAND |
14,925,993 |
|
|
MARTIN |
9,618,204 |
|
|
REEVES |
7,879,501 |
|
|
UPTON |
6,504,754 |
|
|
KARNES |
6,496,081 |
|
|
HOWARD |
6,037,223 |
|
|
LOVING |
4,590,196 |
|
|
LA SALLE |
4,113,558 |
|
|
GLASSCOCK |
3,773,044 |
|
|
REAGAN |
3,569,672 |
TABLE 4 – July 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
|
REEVES |
85,866,026 |
|
|
WEBB |
54,303,553 |
|
|
MIDLAND |
45,970,039 |
|
|
PANOLA |
35,153,780 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
31,903,012 |
|
|
TARRANT |
29,612,484 |
|
|
LOVING |
29,587,985 |
|
|
REAGAN |
26,210,492 |
|
|
KARNES |
24,157,639 |
|
|
UPTON |
23,396,953 |
TABLE 5 – July 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
|
REEVES |
6,160,708 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
2,996,751 |
|
|
LOVING |
2,778,108 |
|
|
DE WITT |
1,548,313 |
|
|
DIMMIT |
1,085,687 |
|
|
KARNES |
977,922 |
|
|
WEBB |
885,229 |
|
|
WARD |
358,831 |
|
|
MCMULLEN |
334,183 |
|
|
LA SALLE |
238,287 |
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