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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for June 2017

August 29, 2017

AUSTIN –– Production for June 2017 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is 75,254,080 barrels of crude oil and 591,408,525 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 June 2016, was: 72,856,376 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 81,526,874 barrels; and 604,263,761 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 679,880,812 mcf.

The Commission reports that from July 2016 to June 2017, total Texas reported production was 995 million barrels of crude oil and 7.8 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 June 2017 crude oil production averaged 2,508,469 barrels daily, compared to the 2,428,546 barrels daily average of June 2016.

Texas preliminary June 2017 total gas production averaged 19,713,618 mcf a day, compared to the 20,142,125 mcf daily average of June 2016.

Texas production in June 2017 came from 181,062 oil wells and 91,357 gas wells.

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

 
TABLE 1  JUNE 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

    1.

MIDLAND

7,066,711

    2.

KARNES

5,674,034

    3.

LA SALLE

3,834,745

    4.

UPTON

3,738,656

    5.

REEVES

3,734,493

    6.

MARTIN

3,673,090

    7.

DEWITT

3,359,589

    8.

ANDREWS

3,027,408

    9.

LOVING

2,831,370

  10.

REAGAN

2,629,321


TABLE 2 – JUNE 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

    1.

WEBB

62,942,043

    2.

TARRANT

36,154,963

    3.

DIMMIT

21,859,236

    4.

PANOLA

20,459,819

    5.

KARNES

18,873,343

    6.

REEVES

18,356,607

    7.

JOHNSON

16,917,810

    8.

MIDLAND

16,831,156

    9.

DEWITT

16,731,822

  10.

LA SALLE

15,345,461


TABLE 3 – JUNE 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

    1.

DIMMIT

1,753,966

    2.

CULBERSON

1,064,782

    3.

WEBB

921,349

    4.

KARNES

871,418

    5.

DEWITT

796,887

    6.

REEVES

612,910

    7.

LOVING

284,568

    8.

LIVE OAK

242,897

    9.

LA SALLE

192,150

  10.

WHEELER

189,334


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