Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for June 2017

August 29, 2017

AUSTIN –– Production for June 2017 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is 75,254,080 barrels of crude oil and 591,408,525 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 June 2016, was: 72,856,376 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 81,526,874 barrels; and 604,263,761 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 679,880,812 mcf.

The Commission reports that from July 2016 to June 2017, total Texas reported production was 995 million barrels of crude oil and 7.8 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 June 2017 crude oil production averaged 2,508,469 barrels daily, compared to the 2,428,546 barrels daily average of June 2016.

Texas preliminary June 2017 total gas production averaged 19,713,618 mcf a day, compared to the 20,142,125 mcf daily average of June 2016.

Texas production in June 2017 came from 181,062 oil wells and 91,357 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 – JUNE 2017 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK	COUNTY	CRUDE OIL (BBLS)
1.	MIDLAND	7,066,711
2.	KARNES	5,674,034
3.	LA SALLE	3,834,745
4.	UPTON	3,738,656
5.	REEVES	3,734,493
6.	MARTIN	3,673,090
7.	DEWITT	3,359,589
8.	ANDREWS	3,027,408
9.	LOVING	2,831,370
10.	REAGAN	2,629,321

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

RANK	COUNTY	TOTAL GAS (MCF)
1.	WEBB	62,942,043
2.	TARRANT	36,154,963
3.	DIMMIT	21,859,236
4.	PANOLA	20,459,819
5.	KARNES	18,873,343
6.	REEVES	18,356,607
7.	JOHNSON	16,917,810
8.	MIDLAND	16,831,156
9.	DEWITT	16,731,822
10.	LA SALLE	15,345,461

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

RANK	COUNTY	CONDENSATE (BBLS)
1.	DIMMIT	1,753,966
2.	CULBERSON	1,064,782
3.	WEBB	921,349
4.	KARNES	871,418
5.	DEWITT	796,887
6.	REEVES	612,910
7.	LOVING	284,568
8.	LIVE OAK	242,897
9.	LA SALLE	192,150
10.	WHEELER	189,334

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