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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for September 2024

December 05, 2024

Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for September 2024 reported in the tables below came from 158,437 oil wells and 84,110 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 - September 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

112,553,191 BBLS (barrels)

3,751,773 BBLS

Natural Gas

890,775,106 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

29,692,503 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 - September 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

136,895,681 BBLS

111,887,873 BBLS

Natural Gas

1,029,279,576 mcf

890,886,382 mcf

 

TABLE 3 – September 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MARTIN

17,607,547

2.

MIDLAND

16,899,238

3.

UPTON

7,574,615

4.

LOVING

6,581,125

5.

KARNES

5,870,653

6.

HOWARD

5,477,996

7.

REEVES

4,395,844

8.

ANDREWS

4,315,104

9.

REAGAN

4,283,369

10.

GLASSCOCK

4,240,886

TABLE 4 – September 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

REEVES

78,996,039

2.

MIDLAND

72,944,276

3.

MARTIN

51,367,265

4.

WEBB

46,485,363

5.

LOVING

44,140,974

6.

PANOLA

41,333,290

7.

CULBERSON

38,791,202

8.

HARRISON

35,497,943

9.

UPTON

33,430,468

10.

REAGAN

28,717,555

 

 

TABLE 5 – September 2024 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,467,874

2.

LOVING

4,464,037

3.

CULBERSON

3,229,754

4.

DE WITT

1,420,938

5.

KARNES

1,264,007

6.

WEBB

998,273

7.

LIVE OAK

893,934

8.

WARD

555,979

9.

DIMMIT

494,130

10.

LA SALLE

458,894

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