Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for May 2025

August 06, 2025

AUSTIN –– Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for May 2025 reported in the tables below came from 159,047 oil wells and 83,808 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.

Statewide totals: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production/

County rankings: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production-by-county-ranking/

TABLE 1 - May 2025 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*

PRODUCT

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION

Crude Oil

127,302,500 BBLS (barrels)

4,106,532 BBLS

Natural Gas

1,041,165,903 mcf (thousand cubic feet)

33,585,996 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 - May 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME

Crude Oil

146,390,317 BBLS

119,144,564 BBLS

Natural Gas

1,074,483,869 mcf

907,474,673 mcf

TABLE 3 – May 2025 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CRUDE OIL (BBLS)

1.

MARTIN

20,553,614

2.

MIDLAND

17,459,325

3.

UPTON

8,649,677

4.

LOVING

7,696,320

5.

HOWARD

6,950,654

6.

REEVES

5,906,457

7.

KARNES

5,875,271

8.

REAGAN

5,704,205

9.

ANDREWS

4,130,374

10.

GLASSCOCK

3,850,059

TABLE 4 – May 2025 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

TOTAL GAS (MCF)

1.

REEVES

91,912,293

2.

WEBB

88,962,823

3.

MIDLAND

79,483,960

4.

MARTIN

61,308,950

5.

LOVING

51,693,547

6.

PANOLA

48,144,710

7.

CULBERSON

43,458,003

8.

HARRISON

43,332,151

9.

REAGAN

42,373,778

10.

UPTON

39,954,753

TABLE 5 – May 2025 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

RANK

COUNTY

CONDENSATE (BBLS)

1.

REEVES

6,895,994

2.

LOVING

4,507,821

3.

CULBERSON

3,666,471

4.

DE WITT

2,236,324

5.

WEBB

1,209,310

6.

KARNES

1,083,876

7.

DIMMIT

758,807

8.

LA SALLE

622,798

9.

LIVE OAK

581,938

10.

WARD

456,108


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