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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for September 2022

December 07, 2022

AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for September 2022 came from 160,490 oil wells and 87,246 gas wells.

The RRC reports that from October 2021 to September 2022, total Texas reported production was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 11.1 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 website at https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production/.

TABLE 1 (September 2022): Statewide Production*

Product

Preliminary Reported
Total Volume

Average Daily
Production

Crude Oil

104,411,343 bbls (barrels)

3,480,378 bbls

Natural Gas 

742,905,046 mcf (thousand cubic feet)  

24,763,502 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 (September 2021): Statewide Production

Product

Updated
Reported Total Volume 

Updated
Average Daily Production 

Preliminary
Reported Total Volume 

Preliminary
Average Daily Production

Crude Oil

126,102,714 bbls

4,203,424 bbls

104,455,357 bbls

3,481,845 bbls

Natural Gas

916,952,586 mcf

30,565,086 mcf

750,152,793 mcf

25,005,093 mcf

 

TABLE 3 (September 2022): Texas Top 10 Crude Oil Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production

Rank

County

Crude Oil (bbls)

1.

Midland

16,815,189

2.

Martin

12,614,653

3.

Upton

7,360,263

4.

Karnes

6,918,572

5.

Howard

5,966,357

6.

Loving

5,901,836

7.

Reeves

3,808,193

8.

Glasscock  

3,579,159

9.

Andrews

3,352,847

10.

Reagan

3,325,492

 

TABLE 4 (September 2022): Texas Top 10 Total Gas (Gas Well Gas & Casinghead) Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production

Rank

County

Total Gas (mcf)

1.

Reeves

78,842,996

2.

Midland

59,601,071

3.

Panola

45,645,117

4.

Loving

41,209,252

5.

Webb

35,375,559

6.

Martin

32,086,608

7.

Upton

30,593,212

8.

Culberson  

30,320,696

9.

Harrison

22,506,112

10.

Reagan

22,037,044

 

TABLE 5 (September 2022): Texas Top 10 Total Condensate Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production

Rank

County

Condensate (bbls)

1.

Reeves

5,747,928

2.

Loving

4,089,527

3.

Culberson  

2,214,085

4.

Karnes

934,977

5.

DeWitt

894,251

6.

Webb

399,852

7.

Ward

307,200

8.

Live Oak

274,897

9.

La Salle

264,423

10.

McMullen

200,452

 

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