Texas Oil And Gas Production Statistics For August 2023
Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for August 2023 reported in the tables below came from 161,799 oil wells and 86,513 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 - August 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
| PRODUCT | PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME | AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
| Crude Oil | 117,783,828 BBLS (barrels) | 3,799,478 BBLS |
| Natural Gas | 930,548,995 mcf (thousand cubic feet) | 30,017,710 mcf |
* These are preliminary figures based on production volumes reported by operators and will be updated as late and corrected production reports are received.
| RANK | COUNTY | CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
| 1 | MIDLAND | 18,345,996 |
| 2 | MARTIN | 16,616,941 |
| 3 | HOWARD | 8,496,391 |
| 4 | UPTON | 7,535,969 |
| 5 | KARNES | 6,355,589 |
| 6 | LOVING | 5,610,087 |
| 7 | GLASSCOCK | 4,806,143 |
| 8 | REEVES | 4,793,613 |
| 9 | ANDREWS | 3,775,644 |
| 10 | REAGAN | 3,529,857 |
TABLE 4 – August 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
| 1 | WEBB | 84,691,914 |
| 2 | REEVES | 79,146,215 |
| 3 | MIDLAND | 69,718,702 |
| 4 | PANOLA | 47,522,851 |
| 5 | MARTIN | 42,740,419 |
| 6 | LOVING | 39,079,104 |
| 7 | CULBERSON | 37,480,878 |
| 8 | HARRISON | 34,156,204 |
| 9 | UPTON | 32,383,427 |
| 10 | REAGAN | 31,425,023 |
TABLE 5 – August 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
| 1 | REEVES | 6,228,281 |
| 2 | LOVING | 4,801,903 |
| 3 | CULBERSON | 3,433,375 |
| 4 | DE WITT | 1,367,197 |
| 5 | KARNES | 1,230,087 |
| 6 | WEBB | 1,049,864 |
| 7 | DIMMIT | 744,905 |
| 8 | LIVE OAK | 640,612 |
| 9 | WARD | 465,767 |
| 10 | MCMULLEN | 327,572 |
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