Production for November 2016 as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas
(Commission) is 72,322,284 barrels of crude oil and 571,259,135 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 November 2015, was: 70,969,209
barrels of crude oil preliminarily, updated toa current figure of 87,022,508 barrels;
and 596,523,139 mcf of total gas preliminarily, updated to a current figure of 710,454,789
mcf.
The Commission reports that from December 2015 to November 2016, total Texas reported
production was 982 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 November 2016 crude oil production averaged 2,410,743 barrels daily,
compared to the 2,365,640 barrels daily average of November 2015.
Texas preliminary November 2016 total gas production averaged 19,041,971 mcf a day,
compared to the 19,884,105 mcf daily average of November 2015.
Texas production in November 2016 came from 181,475 oil wells and 92,930 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 - NOVEMBER 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY
PRODUCTION
RANK COUNTY CRUDE OIL (BBLS)
1. MIDLAND 6,288,709
2. KARNES 4,949,515
3. MARTIN 3,614,039
4. UPTON 3,547,056
5. LASALLE 3,312,304
6. DEWITT 3,109,269
7. REEVES 3,102,924
8. MCMULLEN 3,005,042
9.ANDREWS 2,881,607
10. GONZALES 2,867,686
TABLE 2 - NOVEMBER 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING
COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
RANK COUNTY TOTAL GAS (MCF)
1. WEBB 57,709,582
2. TARRANT 34,743,565
3. DIMMIT 21,795,947
4. PANOLA 21,471,134
5. KARNES 19,030,181
6. JOHNSON 17,796,770
7. DEWITT 17,173,052
8. LA SALLE 16,565,955
9. WISE 15,309,137
10. REEVES 14,689,467
TABLE 3 - NOVEMBER 2016 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY
PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
RANK COUNTY CONDENSATE (BBLS)
1. DIMMIT 1,795,653
2. KARNES 1,222,723
3. WEBB 1,019,042
4. CULBERSON 940,718
5. DEWITT 915,888
6. REEVES 519,024
7. LIVE OAK 353,728
8. LOVING 243,976
9. LA SALLE 214,408
10. HEMPHILL 179,938