Texas Counties: Gas Produced in 2014

Oil and gas are extracted primarily from shale formations that span thousands of square miles underground. When these formations are exploited for oil and gas production, they are called "plays." Four of the largest and most important shale plays in the United States are the Eagle Ford Play, which spans much of south and south-central Texas; the Permian Basin, in the Midland area; the Haynesville Play, which is centered around Shreveport, Louisiana and extends into east Texas; and the Barnett Play, which is centered around Fort Worth. The Gulf coast and the Panhandle are also productive regions.

There are many units of measure for natural gas. Worldwide, gas is traded in contracts according to the energy it contains, measured in millions of British Thermal Units, or MMBtu. The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the Texas gas industry, measures gas production by volume in thousands of cubic feet, or Mcf. There are various ways to measure gas volume in metric units, including thousands of cubic meters (kcm), which is not to be confused with cubic kilometers (km³). In our tables, we keep it simple and use cubic meters, or m³.

Map of Texas Counties By Gas Produced in 2014

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17	100M to 1B Mcf	18	10,000 to 99,999 Mcf

58	10M to 100M Mcf	5	1 to 9,999 Mcf

60	1M to 10M Mcf	24	none

27	100,000 to 1M Mcf	45	not available

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Gas Produced

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Rank	Name	Oil Produced, 2014 (barrels)	Gas Produced, 2014 (thousands of cf)	Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) Produced, 2014
1	Tarrant	0	682,213,054	117,622,940
2	Webb	785,918	607,648,701	105,552,935
3	Panola	402,671	351,499,709	61,006,069
4	Johnson	0	326,334,355	56,264,544
5	Wise	392,131	258,623,853	44,982,450
6	Denton	32,303	227,451,232	39,248,033
7	Wheeler	4,120,006	212,322,237	40,727,288
8	Dimmit	31,353,951	200,983,102	66,006,210
9	Freestone	42,052	155,665,065	26,880,856
10	Hemphill	1,533,846	141,999,482	26,016,515
11	Harrison	412,393	138,173,561	24,235,421
12	DeWitt	51,710,197	137,687,612	75,449,440
13	Karnes	82,291,077	125,472,610	103,924,286
14	Robertson	1,720,069	117,890,447	22,046,008
15	Rusk	1,901,204	117,161,755	22,101,507
16	La Salle	66,956,916	114,807,048	86,751,235
17	Zapata	118,729	110,468,680	19,165,053
18	Parker	4,032	100,754,152	17,375,438
19	Hidalgo	44,314	97,023,710	16,772,540
20	Live Oak	13,569,528	86,190,749	28,430,002
21	McMullen	42,213,610	83,788,598	56,659,920
22	Shelby	46,965	83,788,219	14,493,210
23	Pecos	9,722,545	81,873,361	23,838,642
24	Nacogdoches	11,599	81,162,724	14,005,172
25	Montague	1,804,236	80,824,112	15,739,428
26	San Augustine	15,786	75,276,945	12,994,570
27	Leon	1,954,988	61,623,486	12,579,727
28	Crockett	11,182,236	59,259,239	21,399,346
29	Roberts	2,911,336	58,202,487	12,946,248
30	Starr	471,943	54,358,697	9,844,132
31	Limestone	79,008	51,131,487	8,894,782
32	Hood	152	47,792,756	8,240,282
33	Lipscomb	2,798,871	43,817,212	10,353,563
34	Loving	11,462,799	43,692,425	18,995,976
35	Culberson	2,063,671	39,609,347	8,892,869
36	Sutton	68,604	33,928,091	5,918,275
37	Brooks	250,002	31,408,365	5,665,237
38	Reeves	23,319,833	29,827,283	28,462,468
39	Terrell	22,483	29,718,573	5,146,375
40	Gregg	2,315,945	27,814,786	7,111,598
41	Lavaca	6,465,624	26,524,629	11,038,836
42	Moore	257,555	25,891,271	4,721,567
43	Kenedy	119,409	25,573,229	4,528,586
44	Upshur	134,444	24,760,064	4,403,421
45	Wharton	1,384,480	23,931,316	5,510,569
46	Matagorda	324,814	22,700,917	4,238,765
47	Cooke	1,450,231	21,522,398	5,160,989
48	Polk	597,440	19,265,391	3,919,059
49	Cherokee	323,124	19,233,748	3,639,287
50	Bee	331,332	19,016,489	3,610,037
51	Upton	33,666,348	18,661,463	36,883,842
52	Liberty	1,183,032	17,695,495	4,233,979
53	Jefferson	1,079,053	17,502,098	4,096,656
54	Nueces	330,886	17,310,026	3,315,373
55	Sherman	59,652	16,839,169	2,962,957
56	Smith	1,378,200	16,733,011	4,263,202
57	Ochiltree	7,857,665	16,292,703	10,666,752
58	Ward	23,644,255	16,253,269	26,446,543
59	Colorado	144,456	15,462,621	2,810,425
60	Duval	1,070,400	15,224,116	3,695,248
61	Kleberg	266,160	15,030,062	2,857,550
62	Hill	4	14,934,953	2,574,996
63	Winkler	4,551,035	14,316,358	7,019,373
64	Tyler	485,877	12,775,231	2,688,503
65	Orange	562,853	12,559,092	2,728,214
66	Hansford	200,057	12,382,347	2,334,944
67	Harris	1,190,657	12,281,995	3,308,242
68	San Patricio	481,135	11,708,650	2,499,868
69	Carson	202,008	11,596,217	2,201,356
70	Jasper	142,943	11,582,270	2,139,886
71	Jack	1,833,811	11,320,554	3,785,631
72	Palo Pinto	477,079	10,589,185	2,302,801
73	Henderson	359,595	10,409,330	2,154,307
74	Fayette	3,873,877	10,133,000	5,620,946
75	Dallas	N/A	10,129,427	1,746,453
76	Stephens	2,282,261	10,117,463	4,026,651
77	Goliad	223,933	9,783,125	1,910,679
78	Aransas	69,726	9,692,003	1,740,761
79	Brazoria	3,216,585	9,336,192	4,826,273
80	Galveston	744,933	8,997,061	2,296,150
81	Grimes	1,084,520	8,783,802	2,598,969
82	Willacy	316,959	8,728,780	1,821,921
83	Potter	201,869	8,588,707	1,682,681
84	Fort Bend	1,591,317	8,440,416	3,046,561
85	Washington	561,359	8,136,922	1,964,277
86	Schleicher	449,384	7,743,470	1,784,465
87	Edwards	1,595	7,607,759	1,313,278
88	Houston	951,860	7,376,004	2,223,585
89	Jim Hogg	27,159	7,340,040	1,292,683
90	Gray	1,011,028	6,852,200	2,192,442
91	Midland	32,822,528	6,591,235	33,958,948
92	Val Verde	2,970	6,579,309	1,137,334
93	Jackson	716,143	6,411,433	1,821,562
94	Crane	10,406,193	6,299,707	11,492,349
95	Gaines	24,034,310	6,172,528	25,098,539
96	Hutchinson	666,727	5,911,824	1,686,007
97	Angelina	0	5,807,947	1,001,370
98	Chambers	3,548,372	5,804,202	4,549,096
99	Hardin	1,207,991	5,789,692	2,206,214
100	Ellis	424	5,247,775	905,213
101	Somervell	0	5,241,779	903,755
102	Calhoun	122,544	5,077,833	998,032
103	Newton	455,471	4,989,503	1,315,730
104	San Jacinto	81,274	4,837,643	915,350
105	Erath	1,061	4,438,509	766,321
106	Victoria	644,064	4,355,050	1,394,935
107	Cottle	76,788	4,180,835	797,622
108	Ector	29,864,923	3,934,909	30,543,356
109	Jim Wells	107,469	3,858,661	772,755
110	Madison	4,018,330	3,842,290	4,680,794
111	Van Zandt	592,060	3,700,606	1,230,096
112	Montgomery	1,024,883	3,662,678	1,656,379
113	Maverick	759,517	3,555,740	1,372,576
114	Waller	379,638	3,339,815	955,468
115	Austin	529,975	3,131,905	1,069,959
116	Atascosa	22,973,574	2,970,029	23,485,648
117	Refugio	3,133,463	2,938,178	3,640,045
118	Sterling	1,403,391	2,923,375	1,907,421
119	Anderson	666,737	2,690,356	1,130,591
120	Rains	N/A	2,647,198	456,413
121	Eastland	208,980	2,460,995	633,289
122	Irion	15,473,188	2,431,892	15,892,480
123	Wood	3,572,340	2,246,083	3,959,596
124	Marion	152,598	2,241,944	539,140
125	Brazos	5,149,059	2,088,442	5,509,135
126	Grayson	1,812,084	1,829,981	2,127,598
127	Frio	5,197,046	1,763,374	5,501,076
128	Sabine	2,620	1,738,421	302,348
129	Franklin	569,696	1,731,489	868,229
130	Shackelford	571,414	1,400,532	812,885
131	Hartley	402,397	1,345,443	634,370
132	Lee	1,611,153	1,336,050	1,841,506
133	Burleson	3,283,740	1,293,819	3,506,812
134	Reagan	23,086,620	1,260,106	23,303,880
135	Young	1,303,865	1,200,826	1,510,904
136	Collingsworth	8,434	1,077,423	194,197
137	Walker	57,880	946,340	221,042
138	Glasscock	22,845,110	945,080	23,008,055
139	Tom Green	414,626	936,193	576,039
140	Brown	136,835	759,833	267,841
141	Andrews	36,849,734	641,734	36,960,378
142	Coleman	313,654	596,186	416,445
143	Callahan	160,687	564,161	257,956
144	Camp	179,927	555,521	275,706
145	Gonzales	46,247,215	553,406	46,342,630
146	Cass	339,622	545,867	433,737
147	Comanche	65,175	504,486	152,155
148	Navarro	323,601	427,544	397,315
149	King	1,368,347	424,210	1,441,487
150	Zavala	6,787,621	410,433	6,858,385
151	Concho	310,940	319,844	366,086
152	Nolan	1,858,453	308,049	1,911,565
153	Yoakum	21,846,778	277,228	21,894,576
154	Cameron	0	276,900	47,741
155	Howard	13,913,642	262,722	13,958,939
156	Runnels	487,367	249,199	530,332
157	Coke	709,141	203,053	744,150
158	Trinity	47,480	197,637	81,555
159	Throckmorton	1,250,852	197,476	1,284,900
160	Hopkins	231,257	163,443	259,437
161	Bowie	45,060	138,568	68,951
162	Cochran	3,301,443	125,718	3,323,119
163	Clay	535,131	98,155	552,054
164	Hamilton	269	97,380	17,059
165	Foard	98,441	94,346	114,708
166	Bastrop	102,407	92,407	118,339
167	Oldham	953,975	72,010	966,391
168	Hockley	14,454,126	68,837	14,465,994
169	Fisher	1,058,979	64,535	1,070,106
170	Terry	4,202,888	57,682	4,212,833
171	Menard	156,128	44,546	163,808
172	Milam	631,590	36,641	637,907
173	Taylor	414,322	33,736	420,139
174	Jones	669,288	29,348	674,348
175	Kimble	284	27,914	5,097
176	Real	918	24,657	5,169
177	Bandera	1,759	22,115	5,572
178	Medina	174,972	20,731	178,546
179	Donley	N/A	10,768	1,857
180	Martin	33,298,941	10,275	33,300,713
181	Caldwell	1,558,221	9,736	1,559,900
182	Archer	1,306,404	9,439	1,308,031
183	Wilson	3,686,271	8,937	3,687,812
184	Lampasas	N/A	8,875	1,530
185	Mills	N/A	4,413	761
186	Baylor	157,584	0	157,584
187	Bell	N/A	0	0
188	Bexar	119,014	0	119,014
189	Bosque	0	0	0
190	Briscoe	0	0	0
191	Coryell	0	0	0
192	Dallam	N/A	0	0
193	Falls	3,225	0	3,225
194	Floyd	927	0	927
195	Guadalupe	891,176	0	891,176
196	Haskell	604,504	0	604,504
197	Jeff Davis	0	0	0
198	Kerr	0	0	0
199	McCulloch	52,832	0	52,832
200	McLennan	414	0	414
201	Mitchell	3,811,332	0	3,811,332
202	Motley	27,307	0	27,307
203	Presidio	N/A	0	0
204	Stonewall	2,327,510	0	2,327,510
205	Titus	587,601	0	587,601
206	Uvalde	0	0	0
207	Wichita	2,130,130	0	2,130,130
208	Wilbarger	914,224	0	914,224
209	Williamson	17,579	0	17,579
210	Armstrong	N/A	N/A	0
211	Bailey	N/A	N/A	0
212	Blanco	0	N/A	0
213	Borden	3,621,556	N/A	3,621,556
214	Brewster	N/A	N/A	0
215	Burnet	N/A	N/A	0
216	Castro	N/A	N/A	0
217	Childress	10,860	N/A	10,860
218	Collin	N/A	N/A	0
219	Comal	N/A	N/A	0
220	Crosby	1,566,518	N/A	1,566,518
221	Dawson	4,122,858	N/A	4,122,858
222	Deaf Smith	N/A	N/A	0
223	Delta	N/A	N/A	0
224	Dickens	646,172	N/A	646,172
225	El Paso	N/A	N/A	0
226	Fannin	0	N/A	0
227	Garza	2,822,346	N/A	2,822,346
228	Gillespie	N/A	N/A	0
229	Hale	1,547,789	N/A	1,547,789
230	Hall	N/A	N/A	0
231	Hardeman	815,787	N/A	815,787
232	Hays	0	N/A	0
233	Hudspeth	N/A	N/A	0
234	Hunt	196	N/A	196
235	Kaufman	87,918	N/A	87,918
236	Kendall	N/A	N/A	0
237	Kent	3,802,030	N/A	3,802,030
238	Kinney	0	N/A	0
239	Knox	194,737	N/A	194,737
240	Lamar	N/A	N/A	0
241	Lamb	345,019	N/A	345,019
242	Llano	N/A	N/A	0
243	Lubbock	1,302,766	N/A	1,302,766
244	Lynn	514,878	N/A	514,878
245	Mason	N/A	N/A	0
246	Morris	1,283	N/A	1,283
247	Parmer	N/A	N/A	0
248	Randall	N/A	N/A	0
249	Red River	106,341	N/A	106,341
250	Rockwall	0	N/A	0
251	San Saba	N/A	N/A	0
252	Scurry	16,905,131	N/A	16,905,131
253	Swisher	0	N/A	0
254	Travis	2,895	N/A	2,895
Total		955,378,182	6,291,793,023	2,040,170,087

The Texas Railroad Commission does not include every county in its tables. Omitted counties are indicated as "N/A" (not available) above. It is probably safe to assume that N/A means zero in most cases, and we make this assumption when computing the "oil equivalent" column.

Sources:

Texas Railroad Commission - Oil & Gas Production Data Query