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With the Governor’s disaster declaration and Executive Order related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and his direction to state agencies to provide flexible work and telework policies to employees, the RRC will maintain limited skeleton crews at the William B. Travis building (WBT) and district/regional offices, with other employees telecommuting. This is in effect until further notice.
Important Note for In-person Filings
In an effort to ensure the safety of the public and Railroad Commission staff during the COVID-19 concerns, the RRC is not accepting in-person filings at this time. You may submit filings via U.S. Postal Service, FedEx or United Parcel Service.
Upcoming Event
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March
08
Category E Management Course
* THIS EVENT IS FULL *The Category E Management Course is an 80-hour course. The course is broken into two, week long sessions and will be an interactive Zoom based class with exams conducted online the last day. The first week of this course will be given on March 8th -12th with a break between then the 2nd half March 22nd - 26th 2021.
This 80-hour course covers all the material in courses 2.1, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.8 and 3.11 the Railroad Commission LP-Gas Safety Rules; National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 54, National Fuel Gas Code and NFPA 58, LP-Gas Code. All new Category E certification applicants must complete this course. There will be IN-PERSON exams administered on September 25, 2020 in Austin. Only course attendees may take the exam
This course is intended for new Category E Management level certification applicants.
March 08, 2021 - 8:00 AM
Online Only
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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for December 2020
AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for December 2020 came from 168,775 oil wells and 86,267 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from January 2020 to December 2020, total Texas reported production was 1.461 billion barrels of crude oil and 10.197 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 – December 2020 Statewide Production*
|
PRODUCT |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
109,004,525 BBLS (barrels) |
3,516,275 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
725,311,065 mcf (thousand cubic feet) |
23,397,131 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 – December 2019 Statewide Production
|
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
UPDATED AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
PRELIMINARY AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
142,153,369 BBLS |
4,585,593 BBLS |
102,260,868 BBLS |
3,298,738 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
935,313,958 mcf |
30,171,418 mcf |
707,644,526 mcf |
22,827,243 mcf |
TABLE 3 – December 2020: Texas Top 10 Crude Oil Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
|
1. |
MIDLAND |
15,481,418 |
|
2. |
MARTIN |
10,265,372 |
|
3. |
HOWARD |
6,978,021 |
|
4. |
KARNES |
6,598,087 |
|
5. |
REEVES |
6,312,374 |
|
6. |
UPTON |
6,061,095 |
|
7. |
LOVING |
4,807,186 |
|
8. |
LA SALLE |
4,103,124 |
|
9. |
GLASSCOCK |
3,796,826 |
|
10. |
WARD |
3,675,984 |
TABLE 4 – December 2020: Texas Top 10 Total Gas (Gas Well Gas & Casinghead) Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
|
1. |
REEVES |
78,821,949 |
|
2. |
MIDLAND |
50,002,902 |
|
3. |
PANOLA |
35,277,564 |
|
4. |
CULBERSON |
34,665,233 |
|
5. |
WEBB |
34,000,367 |
|
6. |
LOVING |
30,601,049 |
|
7. |
TARRANT |
26,505,282 |
|
8. |
MARTIN |
24,128,858 |
|
9. |
UPTON |
23,643,968 |
|
10. |
REAGAN |
22,908,066 |
TABLE 5 – December 2020: Texas Top 10 Total Condensate Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
|
1. |
REEVES |
5,672,473 |
|
2. |
LOVING |
3,203,184 |
|
3. |
CULBERSON |
2,833,092 |
|
4. |
DE WITT |
1,149,639 |
|
5. |
KARNES |
677,430 |
|
6. |
WEBB |
614,858 |
|
7. |
DIMMIT |
264,046 |
|
8. |
LIVE OAK |
227,162 |
|
9. |
MCMULLEN |
168,914 |
|
10. |
LA SALLE |
160,051 |
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