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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for February 2024

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 - February 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

109,964,867 BBLS (barrels)

3,791,892 BBLS

Natural Gas

869,159,709 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

29,971,024 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 - February 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

123,573,098 BBLS

102,867,009 BBLS

Natural Gas

901,998,102 mcf

760,548,931 mcf

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

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MIDLAND

16,525,363

2.

MARTIN

15,917,090

3.

UPTON

7,116,537

4.

HOWARD

6,838,503

5.

LOVING

6,221,937

6.

KARNES

5,386,113

7.

REEVES

4,397,566

8.

GLASSCOCK

4,374,675

9.

REAGAN

3,846,799

10.

ANDREWS

3,582,389

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

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

WEBB

75,521,497

2.

REEVES

73,968,114

3.

MIDLAND

65,414,248

4.

PANOLA

44,414,691

5.

MARTIN

42,062,144

6.

LOVING

38,961,196

7.

CULBERSON

36,609,871

8.

HARRISON

32,733,596

9.

UPTON

31,724,749

10.

LA SALLE

25,523,517

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,115,619

2.

LOVING

4,119,967

3.

CULBERSON

3,292,616

4.

WEBB

1,202,648

5.

KARNES

1,133,306

6.

DE WITT

1,125,703

7.

DIMMIT

790,372

8.

LIVE OAK

597,825

9.

WARD

425,792

10.

LA SALLE

333,445

 

 

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