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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for September 2018

November 29, 2018

AUSTIN –– Production for September 2018 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is 85,096,543 barrels of crude oil and 591,183,972 mcf (thousand cubic feet) of total gas from oil and gas wells. These preliminary figures are based on production volumes reported by operators and will be updated as late and corrected production reports are received. Production reported to the Commission for September 2017, was: 69,238,482 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 91,898,514 barrels; and 519,180,463 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 666,600,607 mcf.

The Commission reports that from October 2017 to September 2018, total Texas reported production was 1.209 billion barrels of crude oil and 8.3 trillion cubic feet of total gas. Crude oil production reported by the Commission is limited to oil produced from oil leases and does not include condensate, which is reported separately by the Commission.

Texas preliminary September 2018 crude oil production averaged 2,836,551 barrels daily, compared to the 2,307,949 barrels daily average of September 2017.

Texas preliminary September 2018 total gas production averaged 19,706,132 mcf a day, compared to the 17,306,015 mcf daily average of September 2017.

Texas production in September 2018 came from 179,138 oil wells and 90,974 gas wells.

For additional oil and gas production statistics, visit the Commission’s monthly Oil & Gas production web page.


TABLE 1
 – SEPTEMBER 2018 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

    1.

MIDLAND

10,077,280

    2.

KARNES

7,060,471

    3.

REEVES

5,423,248

    4.

MARTIN

5,247,375

    5.

DE WITT

4,669,275

    6.

UPTON

4,637,689

    7.

LA SALLE

4,136,941

    8.

LOVING

4,109,511

    9.

HOWARD

3,055,610

  10.

ANDREWS

2,917,154


TABLE 2 – SEPTEMBER 2018 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

    1.

WEBB

54,581,000

    2.

REEVES

37,207,229

    3.

TARRANT

33,973,352

    4.

MIDLAND

24,773,580

    5.

KARNES

23,506,945

    6.

DE WITT

22,473,705

    7.

LOVING

18,782,361

    8.

PANOLA

18,494,210

    9.

CULBERSON

18,482,233

  10.

UPTON

15,282,914


TABLE 3 – SEPTEMBER 2018 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

    1.

REEVES

2,646,016

    2.

CULBERSON

1,668,349

    3.

LOVING

1,246,882

    4.

KARNES

1,131,755

    5.

DE WITT

961,761

    6.

WEBB

749,692

    7.

DIMMIT

369,789

    8.

LIVE OAK

266,479

    9.

HEMPHILL

137,944

  10.

LA SALLE

110,298

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