Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for January 2020
April 01, 2020AUSTIN –– Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for January 2020 came from 173,067 oil wells and 86,957 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from February 2019 to January 2020, total Texas reported production was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 9.9 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.
TABLE 1 - January 2020 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
|
PRODUCT |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
106,142,706 BBLS (barrels) |
3,423,958 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
757,041,594 mcf (thousand cubic feet) |
24,420,697 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 - January 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION
|
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
UPDATED AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
PRELIMINARY AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
126,778,654 BBLS |
4,089,634 BBLS |
96,064,595 BBLS |
3,098,858 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
830,590,942 mcf |
26,793,256 mcf |
679,550,371 mcf |
21,920,980 mcf |
TABLE 3 – January 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
|
MIDLAND |
13,290,953 |
|
|
MARTIN |
9,298,417 |
|
|
KARNES |
7,998,847 |
|
|
REEVES |
7,584,825 |
|
|
HOWARD |
5,645,371 |
|
|
UPTON |
5,160,393 |
|
|
LOVING |
4,283,374 |
|
|
REAGAN |
3,912,609 |
|
|
GLASSCOCK |
3,465,734 |
|
|
WARD |
2,988,339 |
TABLE 4 – January 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
|
REEVES |
76,211,636 |
|
|
WEBB |
60,443,983 |
|
|
MIDLAND |
36,141,554 |
|
|
PANOLA |
33,105,197 |
|
|
TARRANT |
31,786,369 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
29,188,568 |
|
|
KARNES |
24,791,744 |
|
|
REAGAN |
23,516,552 |
|
|
LOVING |
23,167,372 |
|
|
UPTON |
19,758,990 |
TABLE 5 – January 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
|
REEVES |
5,119,987 |
|
|
CULBERSON |
2,603,370 |
|
|
LOVING |
1,929,393 |
|
|
WEBB |
1,094,426 |
|
|
DIMMIT |
1,070,740 |
|
|
KARNES |
861,712 |
|
|
DE WITT |
834,208 |
|
|
LA SALLE |
306,036 |
|
|
MCMULLEN |
253,524 |
|
|
LIVE OAK |
155,048 |
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