Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for July 2023

October 19, 2023

AUSTIN –– Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for July 2023 reported in the tables below came from 161,815 oil wells and 86,810 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 - July 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT	PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME	AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION
Crude Oil	117,769,397 BBLS (barrels)	3,799,013 BBLS
Natural Gas	954,647,301 mcf (thousand cubic feet)	30,795,074 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 - July 2022 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT	UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME	PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME
Crude Oil	130,851,785 BBLS	104,059,885 BBLS
Natural Gas	996,626,316 mcf	834,399,424 mcf

TABLE 3 – July 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	CRUDE OIL (BBLS)
1.	MIDLAND	18,730,194
2.	MARTIN	15,821,227
3.	UPTON	7,133,098
4.	HOWARD	7,021,739
5.	KARNES	6,356,385
6.	LOVING	5,700,685
7.	GLASSCOCK	5,236,821
8.	REEVES	5,121,097
9.	ANDREWS	3,684,467
10.	REAGAN	3,505,196

TABLE 4 – July 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	TOTAL GAS (MCF)
1.	REEVES	86,846,013
2.	WEBB	86,398,626
3.	MIDLAND	75,420,445
4.	PANOLA	48,453,531
5.	LOVING	42,845,401
6.	MARTIN	41,630,794
7.	CULBERSON	38,297,025
8.	HARRISON	36,852,159
9.	UPTON	33,112,242
10.	LA SALLE	28,088,303

TABLE 5 – July 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	CONDENSATE (BBLS)
1.	REEVES	6,166,963
2.	LOVING	4,324,065
3.	CULBERSON	3,035,730
4.	DE WITT	1,212,133
5.	KARNES	1,175,990
6.	WEBB	989,149
7.	DIMMIT	750,153
8.	LIVE OAK	669,021
9.	WARD	439,344
10.	LA SALLE	395,835

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