Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for August 2020
October 30, 2020AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for August 2020 came from 168,539 oil wells and 84,100 gas wells.
The RRC reports that from September 2019 to August 2020, total Texas reported production was 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 10.5 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 Monthly Oil & Gas Production web page.
TABLE 1 - AUGUST 2020 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
|
PRODUCT |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
107,944,763 BBLS (barrels) |
3,482,089 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
802,661,604 mcf (thousand cubic feet) |
25,892,310 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 - AUGUST 2019 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION
|
PRODUCT |
UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
UPDATED AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
PRELIMINARY AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
|
Crude Oil |
135,979,815 BBLS |
4,386,446 BBLS |
107,015,105 BBLS |
3,452,100 BBLS |
|
Natural Gas |
909,937,083 mcf |
29,352,809 mcf |
764,419,398 mcf |
24,658,690 mcf |
TABLE 3 – AUGUST 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
| 1 |
MIDLAND |
14,258,517 |
| 2 |
MARTIN |
9,460,752 |
| 3 |
REEVES |
7,194,363 |
| 4 |
KARNES |
6,373,783 |
| 5 |
HOWARD |
6,162,970 |
| 6 |
UPTON |
6,053,473 |
| 7 |
LOVING |
4,703,037 |
| 8 |
LA SALLE |
3,969,735 |
| 9 |
GLASSCOCK |
3,679,402 |
| 10 |
REAGAN |
3,567,616 |
TABLE 4 – AUGUST 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
| 1 |
REEVES |
87,707,687 |
| 2 |
WEBB |
56,479,199 |
| 3 |
MIDLAND |
46,916,103 |
| 4 |
CULBERSON |
35,402,163 |
| 5 |
PANOLA |
34,991,722 |
| 6 |
LOVING |
29,461,491 |
| 7 |
TARRANT |
29,302,395 |
| 8 |
REAGAN |
26,369,410 |
| 9 |
KARNES |
24,235,344 |
| 10 |
UPTON |
22,459,671 |
TABLE 5 – AUGUST 2020 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
|
RANK |
COUNTY |
CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
| 1 |
REEVES |
6,263,791 |
| 2 |
CULBERSON |
3,271,581 |
| 3 |
LOVING |
2,659,845 |
| 4 |
DE WITT |
1,708,369 |
| 5 |
KARNES |
977,228 |
| 6 |
WEBB |
795,167 |
| 7 |
DIMMIT |
444,967 |
| 8 |
LIVE OAK |
356,952 |
| 9 |
WARD |
351,336 |
| 10 |
MCMULLEN |
230,378 |
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