03/04/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/04/2026 17:36
AUSTIN - Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for December 2025 reported in the tables below came from 157,151 oil wells and 83,134 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 - December 2025 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION*
| PRODUCT | PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME | AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION |
| Crude Oil | 126,578,372 BBLS (barrels) | 4,083,173 BBLS |
| Natural Gas | 966,115,371 mcf (thousand cubic feet) | 31,165,011 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 - December 2024 STATEWIDE PRODUCTION
| PRODUCT | UPDATED REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME | PRELIMINARY REPORTED TOTAL VOLUME |
| Crude Oil | 147,095,053 BBLS | 122,364,931 BBLS |
| Natural Gas | 1,125,060,235 mcf | 953,033,615 mcf |
TABLE 3 - December 2025 TEXAS TOP TEN CRUDE OIL PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | CRUDE OIL (BBLS) |
| 1. | MARTIN | 21,192,493 |
| 2. | MIDLAND | 18,637,326 |
| 3. | UPTON | 9,125,561 |
| 4. | LOVING | 8,239,381 |
| 5. | REEVES | 6,315,034 |
| 6. | KARNES | 5,480,397 |
| 7. | REAGAN | 5,268,902 |
| 8. | HOWARD | 5,259,656 |
| 9. | ANDREWS | 4,950,409 |
| 10. | GLASSCOCK | 3,746,883 |
TABLE 4 - December 2025 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL GAS (GAS WELL GAS & CASINGHEAD) PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | TOTAL GAS (MCF) |
| 1. | REEVES | 88,800,969 |
| 2. | MIDLAND | 81,327,375 |
| 3. | WEBB | 68,296,910 |
| 4. | MARTIN | 64,721,889 |
| 5. | LOVING | 54,361,085 |
| 6. | CULBERSON | 47,499,814 |
| 7. | UPTON | 37,268,210 |
| 8. | REAGAN | 37,110,524 |
| 9. | PANOLA | 32,976,921 |
| 10. | HOWARD | 29,586,568 |
TABLE 5 - December 2025 TEXAS TOP TEN TOTAL CONDENSATE PRODUCING COUNTIES RANKED BY PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION
| RANK | COUNTY | CONDENSATE (BBLS) |
| 1. | REEVES | 6,754,772 |
| 2. | LOVING | 4,631,241 |
| 3. | CULBERSON | 3,492,628 |
| 4. | DE WITT | 1,533,303 |
| 5. | LA SALLE | 1,332,269 |
| 6. | DIMMIT | 958,342 |
| 7. | KARNES | 869,323 |
| 8. | LIVE OAK | 739,611 |
| 9. | WEBB | 647,548 |
| 10. | WARD | 591,976 |