Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for August 2017

October 27, 2017

AUSTIN –– Production for August 2017 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is 75,178,929 barrels of crude oil and 583,794,409 mcf (thousand cubic feet) of total gas from oil and gas wells. These preliminary figures are based on production volumes reported by operators and will be updated as late and corrected production reports are received. Production reported to the Commission for August 2016, was: 75,034,914 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 84,126,401 barrels; and 606,931,065 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 690,612,147 mcf.

The Commission reports that from July 2016 to August 2017 total Texas reported production was 999 million barrels of crude oil and 7.6 trillion cubic feet of total gas. Crude oil production reported by the Commission is limited to oil produced from oil leases and does not include condensate, which is reported separately by the Commission.

Texas preliminary August 2017 crude oil production averaged 2,425,127 barrels daily, compared to the 2,420,481 barrels daily average of August 2016.

Texas preliminary August 2017 total gas production averaged 18,832,078 mcf a day, compared to the 19,578,421 mcf daily average of August 2016.

Texas production in August 2017 came from 179,726 oil wells and 92,729 gas wells.

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.

TABLE 1 – AUGUST 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	CRUDE OIL (BBLS)
1.	MIDLAND	7,609,924
2.	KARNES	5,615,443
3.	REEVES	4,014,360
4.	UPTON	3,905,226
5.	MARTIN	3,890,577
6.	LA SALLE	3,588,882
7.	LOVING	3,080,862
8.	ANDREWS	2,959,957
9.	REAGAN	2,952,640
10.	DEWITT	2,592,909

TABLE 2 – AUGUST 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	TOTAL GAS (MCF)
1.	WEBB	61,943,062
2.	TARRANT	34,889,838
3.	DIMMIT	20,945,948
4.	PANOLA	20,473,931
5.	MIDLAND	19,741,903
6.	REEVES	19,616,145
7.	KARNES	17,916,711
8.	JOHNSON	16,688,038
9.	LA SALLE	15,400,429
10.	WISE	15,201,737

TABLE 3 – AUGUST 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	CONDENSATE (BBLS)
1.	DIMMIT	1,438,250
2.	CULBERSON	999,246
3.	WEBB	922,426
4.	KARNES	769,714
5.	DEWITT	703,143
6.	REEVES	577,748
7.	LOVING	401,853
8.	LIVE OAK	224,989
9.	LA SALLE	188,127
10.	WHEELER	184,159

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