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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for April 2023

July 14, 2023

Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for April 2023 reported in the tables below came from 162,884 oil wells and 87,005 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 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

108,989,942 BBLS (barrels)

3,632,998 BBLS

Natural Gas

876,531,275 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

29,217,709 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 2022 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

126,278,726 BBLS

107,196,593 BBLS

Natural Gas

960,587,347 mcf

813,134,206 mcf

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MIDLAND

16,869,300

2.

MARTIN

14,518,859

3.

HOWARD

7,344,407

4.

UPTON

7,328,355

5.

LOVING

5,934,345

6.

KARNES

5,824,509

7.

GLASSCOCK

4,649,049

8.

REEVES

4,267,041

9.

REAGAN

3,844,357

10.

ANDREWS

3,771,841


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

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

REEVES

76,975,609

2.

WEBB

76,941,852

3.

MIDLAND

63,237,725

4.

PANOLA

50,923,886

5.

LOVING

43,288,066

6.

MARTIN

37,911,194

7.

CULBERSON

37,577,047

8.

UPTON

32,545,000

9.

HARRISON

30,099,524

10.

REAGAN

30,014,266

 

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

5,660,463

2.

LOVING

4,388,979

3.

CULBERSON

3,203,419

4.

KARNES

1,218,667

5.

DE WITT

1,181,991

6.

WEBB

1,095,116

7.

DIMMIT

778,172

8.

LIVE OAK

534,163

9.

MCMULLEN

294,036

10.

LA SALLE

276,552

 

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