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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for August 2023

November 09, 2023

AUSTIN–– Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for August 2023 reported in the tables below came from 161,799 oil wells and 86,513 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 - August 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

117,783,828 BBLS (barrels)

3,799,478 BBLS

Natural Gas

930,548,995 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

30,017,710 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 - August 2022 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

132,065,164 BBLS

111,170,582 BBLS

Natural Gas

975,167,176 mcf

856,297,283 mcf

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MIDLAND

18,345,996

2.

MARTIN

16,616,941

3.

HOWARD

8,496,391

4.

UPTON

7,535,969

5.

KARNES

6,355,589

6.

LOVING

5,610,087

7.

GLASSCOCK

4,806,143

8.

REEVES

4,793,613

9.

ANDREWS

3,775,644

10.

REAGAN

3,529,857


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

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

WEBB

84,691,914

2.

REEVES

79,146,215

3.

MIDLAND

69,718,702

4.

PANOLA

47,522,851

5.

MARTIN

42,740,419

6.

LOVING

39,079,104

7.

CULBERSON

37,480,878

8.

HARRISON

34,156,204

9.

UPTON

32,383,427

10.

REAGAN

31,425,023

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,228,281

2.

LOVING

4,801,903

3.

CULBERSON

3,433,375

4.

DE WITT

1,367,197

5.

KARNES

1,230,087

6.

WEBB

1,049,864

7.

DIMMIT

744,905

8.

LIVE OAK

640,612

9.

WARD

465,767

10.

MCMULLEN

327,572

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