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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for September 2017

December 02, 2017

AUSTIN –– Production for September 2017 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is 69,238,482 barrels of crude oil and 519,180,463 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 September 2016, was: 71,404,018 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 81,380,845 barrels; and 561,242,466 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 657,952,137 mcf.

The Commission reports that from October 2016 to September 2017, total Texas reported production was 997.000 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 September 2017 crude oil production averaged 2,307,949 barrels daily, compared to the 2,380,134 barrels daily average of September 2016.

Texas preliminary September 2017 total gas production averaged 17,306,015 mcf a day, compared to the 18,708,082 mcf daily average of September 2016.

Texas production in September 2017 came from 179,660 oil wells and 90,530 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
  SEPTEMBER 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

    1.

MIDLAND

7,664,186

    2.

KARNES

5,018,318

    3.

UPTON

3,821,707

    4.

REEVES

3,805,631

    5.

MARTIN

3,793,976

    6.

LA SALLE

3,566,214

    7.

REAGAN

2,859,848

    8.

ANDREWS

2,706,092

    9.

GONZALES

2,615,961

  10.

LOVING

2,510,368


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

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

    1.

WEBB

58,314,477

    2.

TARRANT

32,276,722

    3.

MIDLAND

19,721,095

    4.

PANOLA

19,531,458

    5.

DIMMIT

18,724,867

    6.

REEVES

17,507,079

    7.

KARNES

16,466,620

    8.

LA SALLE

15,782,561

    9.

WISE

13,171,007

  10.

UPTON

12,324,425

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

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

    1.

DIMMIT

1,311,340

    2.

CULBERSON

965,289

    3.

WEBB

893,375

    4.

KARNES

807,626

    5.

REEVES

563,281

    6.

DEWITT

525,791

    7.

LOVING

408,135

    8.

LA SALLE

185,863

    9.

LIVE OAK

159,470

  10.

HEMPHILL

119,091


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