Texas oil and gas production statistics for January 2017

Texas production in Jan. 2017 came from 166,839 oil wells and 91,847 gas wells

Production for Jan. 2017 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas is 75,331,644 barrels of crude oil and 608,396,818 mcf (thousand cubic feet) 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 Jan. 2016, was: 76,063,179 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 89,235,660 barrels; and 612,602,068 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 710,771,614 mcf.

The commission reports that Feb. 2016 to Jan. 2017, total reported production was 976 million barrels of crude oil and 8.0 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 Jan. 2017 crude oil production averaged 2,430,053 barrels daily, compared to the 2,453,651 barrels daily average of Jan. 2016.

Preliminary Jan. 2017 total gas production averaged 19,625,704 mcf a day, compared to the 19,761,357 mcf daily average of Jan. 2016.

Texas production in Jan. 2017 came from 166,839 oil wells and 91,847 gas wells.

TABLE 1 – JANUARY 2017  TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

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

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