Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for March 2024

June 07, 2024

AUSTIN –– Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for March 2024 reported in the tables below came from 163,674 oil wells and 84,739 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 - March 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

120,766,747 BBLS (barrels)

3,895,702 BBLS

Natural Gas

931,558,354 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

30,050,269 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 - March 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

139,965,600 BBLS

115,344,551 BBLS

Natural Gas

1,039,300,198 mcf

896,198,533 mcf

TABLE 3 March 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MARTIN

18,749,965

2.

MIDLAND

17,846,667

3.

UPTON

7,823,437

4.

HOWARD

7,000,820

5.

LOVING

6,610,021

6.

KARNES

5,658,031

7.

REEVES

5,342,160

8.

GLASSCOCK

5,167,001

9.

REAGAN

4,396,288

10.

WARD

3,659,900

TABLE 4 – March 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

REEVES

83,619,827

2.

WEBB

77,990,970

3.

MIDLAND

71,692,038

4.

PANOLA

48,715,421

5.

MARTIN

48,531,020

6.

LOVING

42,385,641

7.

CULBERSON

39,123,162

8.

UPTON

36,367,578

9.

HARRISON

33,470,674

10.

REAGAN

32,199,883

 

TABLE 5 – March 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,573,164

2.

LOVING

4,636,926

3.

CULBERSON

3,497,387

4.

WEBB

1,347,820

5.

KARNES

1,108,062

6.

DE WITT

1,043,367

7.

DIMMIT

900,969

8.

LIVE OAK

668,361

9.

WARD

519,397

10.

LA SALLE

368,023

 

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