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Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for January 2024

April 01, 2024

AUSTIN –– Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for January 2024 reported in the tables below came from 161,408 oil wells and 84,725 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 - January 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

111,122,407 BBLS (barrels)

3,584,594 BBLS

Natural Gas

857,816,970 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

27,671,515 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 - January 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

137,802,952 BBLS

111,616,919 BBLS

Natural Gas

996,694,297 mcf

845,190,651 mcf

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MIDLAND

16,722,501

2.

MARTIN

16,321,954

3.

UPTON

7,768,425

4.

LOVING

5,925,259

5.

HOWARD

5,865,666

6.

KARNES

5,480,959

7.

REEVES

4,333,458

8.

REAGAN

4,197,022

9.

ANDREWS

3,798,863

10.

GLASSCOCK

3,760,259

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

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

WEBB

81,961,927

2.

REEVES

77,092,605

3.

MIDLAND

65,488,730

4.

PANOLA

49,626,433

5.

MARTIN

43,121,969

6.

CULBERSON

37,027,422

7.

HARRISON

36,258,606

8.

LOVING

36,184,819

9.

UPTON

31,633,466

10.

REAGAN

26,397,432

 

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

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

5,961,451

2.

LOVING

3,953,443

3.

CULBERSON

3,406,807

4.

WEBB

1,172,861

5.

DE WITT

1,139,694

6.

KARNES

1,122,092

7.

DIMMIT

766,431

8.

LIVE OAK

579,460

9.

WARD

391,333

10.

LA SALLE

279,933

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