Texas preliminary Sept. crude oil production averaged 2,380,134 b/d
Production for Sept. 2016 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas is 71,404,018 barrels of crude oil and 561,242,466 mcf of total gas from oil and gas wells, according to a press release.
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 the same time period last year, Sept. 2015, was: 72,849,838 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 87,680,526 barrels; and 620,188,919 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 724,241,890 mcf.
The Commission reports that in the last 12 months, total Texas reported production was 995 million barrels of crude oil and 8.1 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 Sept. crude oil production averaged 2,380,134 barrels daily, compared to the 2,428,328 barrels daily average of Sept. 2015.
Texas preliminary Sept. total gas production averaged 18,708,082 mcf a day, compared to the 20,672,964 mcf daily average of Sept. 2015.
Texas production in Sept. came from 181,659 oil wells and 93,176 gas wells.
TABLE 1 – SEPTEMBER 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
| 1. | KARNES | 5,095,593 |
| 2. | MIDLAND | 5,068,465 |
| 3. | MARTIN | 3,700,401 |
| 4. | UPTON | 3,501,453 |
| 5. | LA SALLE | 3,422,097 |
| 6. | DEWITT | 3,246,232 |
| 7. | REEVES | 3,178,649 |
| 8. | MCMULLEN | 3,021,614 |
| 9. | GONZALES | 2,949,145 |
| 10. | ANDREWS | 2,865,602 |
TABLE 2 – SEPTEMBER 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
| 1. | WEBB | 55,387,471 |
| 2. | TARRANT | 35,487,204 |
| 3. | DIMMIT | 21,963,351 |
| 4. | KARNES | 19,877,341 |
| 5. | PANOLA | 19,046,575 |
| 6. | JOHNSON | 18,091,421 |
| 7. | DEWITT | 17,928,345 |
| 8. | LA SALLE | 17,073,641 |
| 9. | WISE | 15,597,579 |
| 10. | DENTON | 13,386,327 |
TABLE 3 – SEPTEMBER 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
| 1. | DIMMIT | 1,795,824 |
| 2. | KARNES | 1,273,008 |
| 3. | WEBB | 1,109,560 |
| 4. | CULBERSON | 983,986 |
| 5. | DEWITT | 937,717 |
| 6. | LIVE OAK | 362,187 |
| 7. | LA SALLE | 237,080 |
| 8. | REEVES | 230,277 |
| 9. | WHEELER | 174,448 |
| 10. | LOVING | 170,278 |
