Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for July 2019
October 10, 2019AUSTIN –– Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for July 2019 came from 175,101 oil wells and 89,068 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from August 2018 to July 2019, total Texas reported production was 1.403 billion barrels of crude oil and 9.4 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.
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 monthly Oil & Gas Production web page
TABLE 1 - July 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
|
PRODUCT |
TOTAL |
|
Crude Oil |
99,647,938 BBLS (barrels) |
|
Natural Gas |
726,814,426 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.
TABLE 2 – AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION**
|
PRODUCT |
July 2019 TOTAL |
July 2018 TOTAL |
|
Crude Oil |
3,214,450 BBLS |
2,904,083 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
23,445,627 mcf |
19,758,478 mcf |
**Preliminary Reported Totals
TABLE 3 - July 2018 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION
|
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL |
|
Crude Oil |
118,289,825 BBLS |
90,026,566 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
778,655,159 mcf |
612,512,811 mcf |
TABLE 4 – July 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
|
MIDLAND |
12,002,025 |
|
|
KARNES |
7,855,579 |
|
|
REEVES |
6,961,302 |
|
|
MARTIN |
6,817,957 |
|
|
UPTON |
5,192,639 |
|
|
HOWARD |
4,795,253 |
|
|
LOVING |
4,003,654 |
|
|
LA SALLE |
3,937,911 |
|
|
REAGAN |
3,731,172 |
|
|
DE WITT |
3,024,129 |
TABLE 5 – July 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
|
REEVES |
63,376,755 |
|
|
WEBB |
58,398,746 |
|
|
MIDLAND |
32,398,428 |
|
|
TARRANT |
32,322,715 |
|
|
PANOLA |
30,159,598 |
|
|
KARNES |
25,986,992 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
23,495,693 |
|
|
LOVING |
22,443,297 |
|
|
REAGAN |
21,775,079 |
|
|
DIMMIT |
21,064,574 |
TABLE 6 – July 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
|
REEVES |
4,479,677 |
|
|
LOVING |
1,908,307 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
1,877,702 |
|
|
DE WITT |
1,333,312 |
|
|
DIMMIT |
1,202,181 |
|
|
WEBB |
1,160,206 |
|
|
KARNES |
899,593 |
|
|
LIVE OAK |
246,559 |
|
|
LA SALLE |
179,374 |
|
|
WHEELER |
149,530 |
About the Railroad Commission:
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