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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for April 2024

July 10, 2024

Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for April 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 - April 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

112,811,542 BBLS (barrels)

3,760,385 BBLS

Natural Gas

846,267,158 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

28,208,905 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 - April 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

134,304,924 BBLS

108,989,942 BBLS

Natural Gas

1,002,983,877 mcf

876,531,275 mcf

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MARTIN

18,223,360

2.

MIDLAND

16,466,683

3.

UPTON

6,784,717

4.

LOVING

6,052,563

5.

HOWARD

5,784,479

6.

KARNES

5,452,824

7.

REAGAN

4,629,176

8.

GLASSCOCK

4,627,393

9.

REEVES

4,249,151

10.

WARD

3,382,801

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

REEVES

75,399,765

2.

MIDLAND

68,771,577

3.

WEBB

57,880,853

4.

MARTIN

47,841,394

5.

LOVING

40,872,991

6.

CULBERSON

38,060,966

7.

UPTON

33,557,629

8.

PANOLA

28,143,811

9.

REAGAN

28,066,210

10.

HARRISON

23,434,951

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,350,039

2.

LOVING

4,426,706

3.

CULBERSON

3,326,590

4.

WEBB

1,364,254

5.

KARNES

1,144,660

6.

DE WITT

1,008,920

7.

DIMMIT

830,423

8.

LIVE OAK

828,178

9.

WARD

428,528

10.

MCMULLEN

413,748

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