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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for June 2019

September 04, 2019

AUSTIN –– Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for June 2019 came from 177,420 oil wells and 89,539 gas wells.

The RRC reports that from July 2018 to June 2019, total Texas reported production was 1.396 billion barrels of crude oil and 9.3 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 Oil & Gas Production Data web page. 

TABLE 1 - June 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

TOTAL

Crude Oil

97,530,112 BBLS (barrels)

Natural Gas

696,927,530 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

* 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 – AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION**

PRODUCT

June 2019 TOTAL

June 2018 TOTAL

Crude Oil

3,251,004 BBLS

2,961,988 BBLS

Natural Gas

23,230,918 mcf

20,507,106 mcf

**Preliminary Reported Totals

TABLE 3 - June 2018 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL

Crude Oil

113,941,174 BBLS

88,859,650 BBLS

Natural Gas

744,918,082 mcf

615,213,185 mcf

TABLE 4  June 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

 1

MIDLAND

11,719,255

 2

KARNES

7,898,000

 3

REEVES

6,587,536

 4

MARTIN

6,406,311

 5

LOVING

5,597,576

 6

UPTON

5,248,959

 7

HOWARD

4,357,623

 8

LA SALLE

4,278,258

 9

REAGAN

3,300,331

 10

DE WITT

3,089,745

TABLE 5 – June 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

REEVES

61,381,075

2

WEBB

52,214,095

3

TARRANT

31,983,644

4

MIDLAND

31,410,367

5

KARNES

26,571,655

6

PANOLA

26,362,996

7

LOVING

25,991,684

CULBERSON

22,866,556

9

DE WITT

21,056,609

10

REAGAN

20,804,483

 

TABLE 6 – June 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1

REEVES

4,382,406

2

LOVING

1,927,421

3

CULBERSON

1,907,373

4

DE WITT

1,438,268

5

DIMMIT

1,089,984

6

KARNES

1,004,866

7

WEBB

866,386

LIVE OAK

264,300

9

LA SALLE

161,978

10

HEMPHILL

147,077

 


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