Texas oil and gas production rise again in July compared to 2014

July 2015 Texas crude oil production averaged 2,456,481 barrels daily

AUSTIN – Texas crude oil production in July was up over 2014 by over 200,000 barrels daily and gas production increased as well, according to Texas Railroad Commission figures released Friday.

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Production for July 2015 as reported to the Texas Railroad Commission is 76,150,903 barrels of crude oil and 656,846,810 Mcf (thousand cubic feet) of total gas from oil and gas wells.

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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, July 2014, was: 69,573,013 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 83,999,620 barrels; and 632,494,096 Mcf of total gas preliminarily,updated to a current figure of 736,716,925 Mcf.

The Commission reports that in the last 12 months, total Texas reported production was 997 million barrels of crude oil and 8.4 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 (the liquid hydrocarbons produced from gas wells). Condensate is reported separately by the Commission.

Texas preliminary July 2015 crude oil production averaged 2,456,481 barrels daily, compared to the 2,244,291 barrels daily average of July 2014.

Texas preliminary July 2015 total gas production averaged 21,188,607 Mcf (thousand cubic feet) a day, compared to the 20,403,035 Mcf daily average of July 2014.

Texas oil and gas production in July 2015 came from 176,180 oil wells and 96,098 gas wells.

Table 1 – July 2015 Texas Top 10 crude oil producing counties ranked by preliminary production

RANK	COUNTY	CRUDE OIL (BBLS)
1.	KARNES	6,514,303
2.	DEWITT	4,559,324
3.	LA SALLE	4,522,697
4.	MIDLAND	3,502,184
5.	MCMULLEN	3,256,627
6.	MARTIN	3,190,358
7.	GONZALES	3,185,417
8.	UPTON	3,105,902
9.	ANDREWS	3,053,724
10.	REEVES	2,632,342

TABLE 2 – July 2015 Top 10 total gas (gas well gas and casinghead) producing counties ranked by preliminary production

RANK	COUNTY	TOTAL GAS (MCF)
1.	WEBB	59,626,777
2.	TARRANT	50,927,167
3.	PANOLA	26,896,803
4.	DIMMIT	24,102,783
5.	DEWITT	21,852,114
6.	JOHNSON	21,733,155
7.	KARNES	20,263,155
8.	WISE	20,108,978
9.	LA SALLE	17,648,068
10.	DENTON	16,831,246

TABLE 3 – July 2015 Top 10 Total condensate producing counties ranked by preliminary production

RANK	COUNTY	CONDENSATE (BBLS)
1.	DIMMIT	2,210,515
2.	WEBB	1,522,810
3.	KARNES	1,293,775
4.	DEWITT	1,197,427
5.	LIVE OAK	564,940
6.	LA SALLE	514,516
7.	CULBERSON	426,112
8.	WHEELER	312,617
9.	MCMULLEN	242,668
10.	REEVES	233,147