Production for August 2016 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas 

(Commission) is 75,034,914 barrels of crude oil and 606,931,065 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 the same time period last year, 

August 2015, was: 74,679,202 barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated to a current 

figure of 90,454,059 barrels; and 624,110,098 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to 

a current figure of 746,328,268 mcf.

 

The Commission reports that in the last 12 months, total Texas reported production was 

1.004 billion barrels of crude oil and 8.2 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 August 2016 crude oil production averaged 2,420,481 barrels daily, 

compared to the 2,409,007 barrels daily average of August 2015.  

 

Texas preliminary August 2016 total gas production averaged 19,578,421 mcf a day, compared 

to the 20,132,584 mcf daily average of August 2015.  

 

Texas production in August 2016 came from 183,052 oil wells and 92,155 gas wells.

 

For additional oil and gas production statistics, visit the Commission’s website at 

http://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/

under "Texas Monthly Oil & Gas Production".

 

TABLE 1 - AUGUST 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY 

PRODUCTION

 

RANK        COUNTY                CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.        KARNES                5,456,746

2.        MIDLAND         5,305,560

3.        MARTIN                3,776.826

4.        UPTON           3,729,908

5.        DEWITT          3,523,600

6.        LA SALLE        3,499,775

7.        REEVES          3,284,712

8.        MCMULLEN        2,259,857

9.        ANDREWS                2,989,817

10.        GONZALES        2,900,684

 

TABLE 2 - AUGUST 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING 

COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION 

 

RANK        COUNTY                TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.        WEBB            61,192,846

2.        TARRANT          37,246,599

3.        PANOLA          24,670,352

4.        DIMMIT                24,107,623

5.        KARNES                20,787,521

6.        DEWITT                 19,496,927

7.        JOHNSON         18,763,931

8.        LA SALLE        17,913,624

9.        WISE                16,111,571

10.        DENTON                 13,845,267

 

TABLE 3 - AUGUST 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY 

PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION 

 

RANK        COUNTY                CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.        DIMMIT          2,014,509

2.        KARNES            1,300,763

3.        WEBB                1,195,686

4.        CULBERSON         1,050,726

5.        DEWITT           997,425

6.        LIVE OAK        402,040

7.        LA SALLE          297,122

8.        REEVES          247,103

9.        LOVING          172,978

10.        HEMPHILL        167,960