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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for June 2022

September 13, 2022

AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for June 2022 came from 163,014 oil wells and 87,497 gas wells.

The RRC reports that from July 2021 to June 2022, total Texas reported production was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 11.0 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 (June 2022): Statewide Production*

Product

Preliminary Reported
Total Volume

Average Daily
Production

Crude Oil

107,080,369 bbls (barrels)

3,569,346 bbls

Natural Gas

827,921,487 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

27,597,383 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 (June 2021): Statewide Production

Product

Updated
Reported
Total Volume

Updated
Average
Daily Production 

Preliminary
Reported
Total Volume

Preliminary
Average
Daily Production

Crude Oil

120,209,926 bbls 

4,006,998 bbls

107,174,580 bbls 

3,572,486 bbls

Natural Gas 

889,128,141 mcf 

29,637,605 mcf

791,989,055 mcf 

26,399,635 mcf

 

TABLE 3 (June 2022): Texas Top 10 Crude Oil Producing Counties
Ranked by Preliminary Production

Rank

County

Crude Oil (bbls)

1.

Midland

16,441,426

2.

Martin

12,401,800

3.

Howard

8,404,015

4.

Karnes

7,790,182

5.

Upton

6,198,831

6.

Loving

5,593,870

7.

Reeves

4,800,980

8.

Glasscock 

3,690,221

9.

Andrews

3,528,520

10.

Reagan

3,312,811

 

TABLE 4 (June 2022): Texas Top 10 Total Gas (Gas Well Gas & Casinghead)
Producing Counties Ranked by Preliminary Production

Rank

County

Total Gas (mcf)

1.

Reeves

83,426,195

2.

Panola

61,619,051

3.

Webb

58,119,945

4.

Midland

55,736,820

5.

Loving

36,828,361

6.

Martin

32,828,753

7.

Culberson 

31,566,091

8.

Upton

27,768,121

9.

Karnes

25,977,314

10.

Harrison

25,222,823

 

TABLE 5 (June 2022): Texas Top 10 Total Condensate Producing Counties
Ranked by Preliminary Production

Rank

County

Condensate (bbls)

1.

Reeves

6,072,535

2.

Loving

3,596,120

3.

Culberson 

2,226,876

4.

Karnes

1,469,376

5.

DeWitt

1,348,085

6.

Dimmit

747,029

7.

Webb

746,034

8.

Live Oak

580,416

9.

Ward

329,762

10.

La Salle

301,616

 


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