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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for May 2024

August 02, 2024

Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for May 2024 reported in the tables below came from 160,233 oil wells and 83,415 gas wells.

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 full oil and gas production statistics, you can visit the links below.

Statewide totals: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production/

County rankings: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production-by-county-ranking/

TABLE 1 - May 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

119,144,564 BBLS (barrels)

3,843,373 BBLS

Natural Gas

907,474,673 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

29,273,376 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 - May 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

138,990,538 BBLS

113,851,974 BBLS

Natural Gas

1,041,241,051 mcf

917,272,001 mcf

TABLE 3 – May 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MARTIN

18,877,614

2.

MIDLAND

16,003,053

3.

UPTON

7,470,047

4.

HOWARD

6,550,720

5.

LOVING

6,315,128

6.

KARNES

5,507,561

7.

REAGAN

5,230,511

8.

GLASSCOCK

5,162,390

9.

REEVES

4,882,101

10.

WARD

3,534,339

 

TABLE 4 – May 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

WEBB

80,938,499

2.

REEVES

78,665,940

3.

MIDLAND

68,046,088

4.

MARTIN

48,129,827

5.

LOVING

41,059,990

6.

CULBERSON

37,845,431

7.

REAGAN

34,506,205

8.

UPTON

32,178,862

9.

PANOLA

28,273,013

10.

LA SALLE

28,138,723

TABLE 5 – May 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,572,922

2.

LOVING

4,388,898

3.

CULBERSON

3,286,017

4.

KARNES

1,431,138

5.

DE WITT

1,404,442

6.

WEBB

1,365,416

7.

LIVE OAK

873,029

8.

DIMMIT

732,630

9.

LA SALLE

580,292

10.

WARD

427,336

 

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