Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for February 2019

May 03, 2019

AUSTIN –– Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for February 2019 came from 176,327 oil wells and 88,212 gas wells.

The RRC reports that from March 2018 to February 2019, total Texas reported production was 1.332 billion barrels of crude oil and 8.9 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.

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 Oil & Gas production webpage

TABLE 1 - February 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT	TOTAL
Crude Oil	89,977,836 BBLS (barrels)
Natural Gas	618,963,170 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

* 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 – AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION**

PRODUCT	February 2019 TOTAL	February 2018 TOTAL
Crude Oil	3,213,494 BBLS	2,733,784 BBLS
Natural Gas	22,105,828 mcf	18,907,758 mcf

TABLE 3 - February 2018 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT	UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL	PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL
Crude Oil	96,932,174 BBLS	76,545,962 BBLS
Natural Gas	651,805,731 mcf.	529,417,231 mcf

TABLE 4 – February 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	CRUDE OIL (BBLS)
1	MIDLAND	10,798,200
2	KARNES	7,017,143
3	REEVES	5,741,956
4	MARTIN	5,309,211
5	UPTON	4,785,028
6	LOVING	4,224,853
7	HOWARD	4,140,506
8	LA SALLE	3,756,037
9	DE WITT	2,979,526
10	GLASSCOCK	2,840,221

TABLE 5 – February 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	TOTAL GAS (MCF)
1	REEVES	46,947,923
2	WEBB	37,717,228
3	TARRANT	31,938,210
4	MIDLAND	25,985,417
5	KARNES	25,373,473
6	PANOLA	24,816,145
7	LOVING	20,197,439
8	CULBERSON	19,432,958
9	DIMMIT	19,282,813
10	DE WITT	18,533,281

TABLE 6 – February 2019 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	CONDENSATE (BBLS)
1	REEVES	3,210,074
2	CULBERSON	1,634,800
3	LOVING	1,548,452
4	DIMMIT	1,188,170
5	DE WITT	1,122,906
6	KARNES	1,010,118
7	WEBB	869,082
8	LIVE OAK	270,040
9	WHEELER	169,034
10	LA SALLE	146,122

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