Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for March 2021
May 25, 2021AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for March 2021 came from 167,206 oil wells and 81,194 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from April 2020 to March 2021, total Texas reported production was 1.4 billion barrels of crude oil and 9.9 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 (March 2021): Statewide Production*
PRODUCT |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
Crude Oil |
114,487,044 BBLS (barrels) |
3,693,130 BBLS |
Natural Gas |
775,871,319 mcf (thousand cubic feet) |
25,028,107 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 (March 2020): Statewide Production
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
UPDATED AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
PRELIMINARY AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
Crude Oil |
141,943,105 BBLS |
4,578,810 BBLS |
107,220,998 BBLS |
3,458,742 BBLS |
Natural Gas |
938,794,574 mcf |
30,283,696 mcf |
717,299,990 mcf |
23,138,709 mcf |
TABLE 3 (March 2021): Texas Top 10 Crude Oil Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
1. |
MIDLAND |
17,106,199 |
2. |
MARTIN |
11,538,132 |
3. |
HOWARD |
8,416,030 |
4. |
KARNES |
6,857,762 |
5. |
UPTON |
6,448,734 |
6. |
REEVES |
6,212,973 |
7. |
LOVING |
5,001,936 |
8. |
REAGAN |
3,638,969 |
9. |
WARD |
3,555,878 |
10. |
LA SALLE |
3,544,550 |
TABLE 4 (March 2021): Texas Top 10 Total Gas (Gas Well Gas & Casinghead) Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
1. |
REEVES |
77,752,881 |
2. |
WEBB |
52,975,459 |
3. |
MIDLAND |
49,123,080 |
4. |
PANOLA |
37,637,460 |
5. |
CULBERSON |
32,018,716 |
6. |
LOVING |
31,068,888 |
7. |
TARRANT |
27,076,902 |
8. |
REAGAN |
25,525,254 |
9. |
MARTIN |
23,922,412 |
10. |
UPTON |
22,921,190 |
TABLE 5 (March 2021): Texas Top 10 Total Condensate Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
1. |
REEVES |
6,015,252 |
2. |
LOVING |
3,221,731 |
3. |
CULBERSON |
2,489,461 |
4. |
DE WITT |
1,362,610 |
5. |
DIMMIT |
910,963 |
6. |
WEBB |
784,961 |
7. |
KARNES |
784,720 |
8. |
LIVE OAK |
310,629 |
9. |
WARD |
259,815 |
10. |
MCMULLEN |
196,645 |
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