Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for September 2023

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 816 original drilling permits in September 2023. The total includes 709 to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 80 for re-completions of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in September 2023 is: 180 oil, 64 gas, 519 oil and gas, 35 injection, one service, and 17 other permits.

In September 2023, Commission staff processed 778 oil, 275 gas and 338 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions.

Detailed data on drilling permits and well completions for the month can be found at this link.

Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for July 2023

AUSTIN –– Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for July 2023 reported in the tables below came from 161,815 oil wells and 86,810 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. For full oil and gas production statistics, you can visit the links below.

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Statewide totals

County rankings

TABLE 1 - July 2023 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT            PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME      AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil              117,769,397 BBLS (barrels)                                    3,799,013 BBLS

Natural Gas          954,647,301 mcf (thousand cubic feet)                       30,795,074 mcf

* These are preliminary figures based on production volumes reported by operators and will be updated as late and corrected production reports are received.

TABLE 2 - July 2022 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT           UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME        PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL

Crude Oil              130,851,785 BBLS                                             104,059,885 BBLS

Natural Gas          996,626,316 mcf                                                  834,399,424 mcf

Statewide totals

County rankings

COUNTY TOTAL GAS PRODUCTION CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION CONDENSATE PRODUCTION

Hemphill County Totals: Gas Production--4,906,571 MCF; Crude Oil--20,843 BBL; Condensate--72,265 BBL

Lipscomb County Totals: Gas Production--2,316,396 MCF; Crude Oil--48,223 BBL; Condensate--65,074 BBL

Roberts County Totals: Gas Production--1,767,092 MCF; Crude Oil--33,382 BBL: Condensate--24,059 BBL