Texas regulators release statewide oil, natural gas production for May 2023

August 17, 2023

AUSTIN – Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for May 2023 came from 163,182 oil wells and 87,370 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.

TABLE 1 - May 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

113,851,974 BBLS (barrels)

3,672,644 BBLS

Natural Gas

917,272,001 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

29,589,419 mcf

TABLE 2 - May 2022 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

129,073,979 BBLS

109,090,916 BBLS

Natural Gas

993,667,070 mcf

847,979,160 mcf

TABLE 3 – May 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MIDLAND

18,086,113

2.

MARTIN

15,746,865

3.

UPTON

7,521,680

4.

HOWARD

7,197,302

5.

LOVING

6,428,016

6.

KARNES

6,019,558

7.

REEVES

4,523,249

8.

GLASSCOCK

4,450,625

9.

REAGAN

3,804,585

10.

ANDREWS

3,622,140

TABLE 4 – May 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

WEBB

80,989,354

2.

REEVES

80,059,118

3.

MIDLAND

67,068,346

4.

PANOLA

51,328,022

5.

LOVING

44,083,662

6.

MARTIN

42,180,921

7.

CULBERSON

38,108,862

8.

UPTON

32,754,908

9.

HARRISON

32,576,942

10.

REAGAN

25,341,340

TABLE 5 – May 2023 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

5,723,069

2.

LOVING

4,398,590

3.

CULBERSON

3,215,679

4.

DE WITT

1,439,437

5.

KARNES

1,214,102

6.

WEBB

1,080,725

7.

DIMMIT

792,017

8.

LIVE OAK

587,540

9.

LA SALLE

360,333

10.

WARD

283,790

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