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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for November 2023

January 30, 2024

Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for November 2023 reported in the tables below came from 162,789 oil wells and 86,491 gas wells.

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 full oil and gas production statistics, you can visit the links below.

Statewide totals: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production/

County rankings: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production-by-county-ranking/

TABLE 1 - November 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

103,432,924 BBLS (barrels)

3,447,764 BBLS

Natural Gas

859,711,071 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

28,657,036 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 - November 2022 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

133,459,476 BBLS

104,364,728 BBLS

Natural Gas

963,094,475 mcf

776,813,155 mcf

 

TABLE 3 – November 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MARTIN

16,357,645

2.

MIDLAND

15,583,934

3.

HOWARD

6,214,946

4.

UPTON

5,799,258

5.

KARNES

5,622,802

6.

LOVING

4,433,694

7.

GLASSCOCK

4,047,901

8.

REAGAN

3,604,967

9.

REEVES

3,143,556

10.

ANDREWS

3,069,819

TABLE 4 – November 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

WEBB

77,226,919

2.

REEVES

73,027,225

3.

MIDLAND

56,900,621

4.

PANOLA

51,196,972

5.

MARTIN

41,072,124

6.

CULBERSON

34,707,788

7.

HARRISON

33,941,541

8.

LOVING

33,100,693

9.

UPTON

25,232,858

10.

REAGAN

25,008,615

 

TABLE 5 – November 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,193,630

2.

LOVING

3,844,042

3.

CULBERSON

3,511,987

4.

DE WITT

1,270,047

5.

KARNES

1,105,951

6.

WEBB

1,081,708

7.

DIMMIT

637,033

8.

LIVE OAK

453,424

9.

WARD

347,021

10.

LA SALLE

291,237

 

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