Texas Oil & Gas Production Statistics for December 2020
March 04, 2021AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for December 2020 came from 168,775 oil wells and 86,267 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from January 2020 to December 2020, total Texas reported production was 1.461 billion barrels of crude oil and 10.197 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 at https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production/.
TABLE 1 – December 2020 Statewide Production*
|
PRODUCT |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
109,004,525 BBLS (barrels) |
3,516,275 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
725,311,065 mcf (thousand cubic feet) |
23,397,131 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 – December 2019 Statewide Production
|
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
UPDATED AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
PRELIMINARY AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
142,153,369 BBLS |
4,585,593 BBLS |
102,260,868 BBLS |
3,298,738 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
935,313,958 mcf |
30,171,418 mcf |
707,644,526 mcf |
22,827,243 mcf |
TABLE 3 – December 2020: Texas Top 10 Crude Oil Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
|
1. |
MIDLAND |
15,481,418 |
|
2. |
MARTIN |
10,265,372 |
|
3. |
HOWARD |
6,978,021 |
|
4. |
KARNES |
6,598,087 |
|
5. |
REEVES |
6,312,374 |
|
6. |
UPTON |
6,061,095 |
|
7. |
LOVING |
4,807,186 |
|
8. |
LA SALLE |
4,103,124 |
|
9. |
GLASSCOCK |
3,796,826 |
|
10. |
WARD |
3,675,984 |
TABLE 4 – December 2020: Texas Top 10 Total Gas (Gas Well Gas & Casinghead) Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
|
1. |
REEVES |
78,821,949 |
|
2. |
MIDLAND |
50,002,902 |
|
3. |
PANOLA |
35,277,564 |
|
4. |
CULBERSON |
34,665,233 |
|
5. |
WEBB |
34,000,367 |
|
6. |
LOVING |
30,601,049 |
|
7. |
TARRANT |
26,505,282 |
|
8. |
MARTIN |
24,128,858 |
|
9. |
UPTON |
23,643,968 |
|
10. |
REAGAN |
22,908,066 |
TABLE 5 – December 2020: Texas Top 10 Total Condensate Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
|
1. |
REEVES |
5,672,473 |
|
2. |
LOVING |
3,203,184 |
|
3. |
CULBERSON |
2,833,092 |
|
4. |
DE WITT |
1,149,639 |
|
5. |
KARNES |
677,430 |
|
6. |
WEBB |
614,858 |
|
7. |
DIMMIT |
264,046 |
|
8. |
LIVE OAK |
227,162 |
|
9. |
MCMULLEN |
168,914 |
|
10. |
LA SALLE |
160,051 |
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