Texas Counties: Oil Produced in 2019

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.

In the United States, crude oil production is measured by volume in barrels. A barrel of crude oil equals 42 US gallons, or about 159 liters. While oil is sometimes measured in by volume in cubic meters, countries using the metric system more commonly measure oil by weight or mass. Not all crude oil weighs the same, however, so there is not a standard conversion factor between barrels and metric tons. This site uses an approximate conversion factor of 0.14 metric tons (MT) per barrel (bbl), which is about 7.14 barrels per metric ton.

Map of Texas Counties By Oil Produced in 2019

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1	100M to 1,000M bbl	9	1,000 to 9,999 bbl

23	10M to 100M bbl	7	100 to 999 bbl

37	1M to 10M bbl	1	1 to 99 bbl

89	100,000 to 1M bbl	30	none

38	10,000 to 99,999 bbl	19	not available

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Oil Produced

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Rank	Name	Oil Produced, 2019 (barrels)	Change from 2014 (barrels)	Gas Produced, 2019 (thousands of cf)	Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) Produced, 2019
1	Midland	143,039,341	110,216,813	341,871,144	201,982,642
2	Martin	91,994,475	58,695,534	161,874,958	119,903,951
3	Reeves	88,839,708	65,519,875	789,513,901	224,962,794
4	Karnes	82,112,283	-178,794	281,666,333	130,675,444
5	Loving	64,335,362	52,872,563	302,191,416	116,437,330
6	Howard	59,692,437	45,778,795	99,011,166	76,763,328
7	Upton	54,799,357	21,133,009	192,266,096	87,948,684
8	La Salle	47,823,264	-19,133,652	197,811,292	81,928,659
9	Reagan	39,185,350	16,098,730	215,360,923	76,316,544
10	Ward	36,107,388	12,463,133	94,187,826	52,346,668
11	Glasscock	36,089,338	13,244,228	136,531,443	59,629,242
12	Gonzales	34,187,567	-12,059,648	53,421,927	43,398,244
13	DeWitt	32,526,976	-19,183,221	216,435,651	69,843,468
14	Andrews	31,120,138	-5,729,596	55,270,882	40,649,600
15	Dimmit	30,296,392	-1,057,559	214,926,183	67,352,630
16	Pecos	24,210,542	14,487,997	85,991,009	39,036,578
17	McMullen	24,150,395	-18,063,215	70,203,028	36,254,365
18	Yoakum	21,576,330	-270,448	29,661,175	26,690,326
19	Atascosa	20,128,982	-2,844,592	21,957,150	23,914,698
20	Gaines	18,092,993	-5,941,317	17,123,783	21,045,369
21	Winkler	16,776,031	12,224,996	40,101,020	23,690,000
22	Ector	16,123,219	-13,741,704	41,986,405	23,362,254
23	Scurry	12,606,334	-4,298,797	33,083,017	18,310,302
24	Irion	10,094,276	-5,378,912	104,938,330	28,187,092
25	Live Oak	9,533,817	-4,035,711	71,244,906	21,817,421
26	Hockley	9,352,776	-5,101,350	7,520,051	10,649,337
27	Burleson	8,295,905	5,012,165	8,873,371	9,825,797
28	Borden	5,960,620	2,339,064	4,995,186	6,821,859
29	Crane	5,870,110	-4,536,083	32,922,274	11,546,364
30	Zavala	5,715,384	-1,072,237	7,289,679	6,972,225
31	Lavaca	5,500,786	-964,838	32,130,368	11,040,505
32	Frio	5,200,912	3,866	7,997,500	6,579,791
33	Crockett	5,055,710	-6,126,526	82,449,222	19,271,093
34	Brazos	3,944,352	-1,204,707	6,843,518	5,124,269
35	Ochiltree	3,242,829	-4,614,836	24,941,586	7,543,102
36	Kent	2,676,532	-1,125,498	5,518,205	3,627,947
37	Brazoria	2,651,189	-565,396	11,060,927	4,558,245
38	Dawson	2,578,254	-1,544,604	1,037,883	2,757,199
39	Wood	2,553,532	-1,018,808	44,045,971	10,147,665
40	Terry	2,425,250	-1,777,638	1,367,528	2,661,031
41	Cochran	2,165,654	-1,135,789	1,868,064	2,487,734
42	Chambers	2,019,541	-1,528,831	2,772,266	2,497,518
43	Mitchell	2,009,767	-1,801,565	620,646	2,116,775
44	Jackson	1,859,387	1,143,244	2,273,473	2,251,365
45	Madison	1,851,650	-2,166,680	6,879,624	3,037,792
46	Garza	1,788,516	-1,033,830	383,094	1,854,567
47	Refugio	1,704,332	-1,429,131	7,223,077	2,949,690
48	Lee	1,670,660	59,507	3,659,719	2,301,646
49	Wilson	1,607,811	-2,078,460	940,179	1,769,911
50	Culberson	1,561,161	-502,510	280,136,383	49,860,537
51	King	1,507,358	139,011	341,586	1,566,252
52	Stonewall	1,494,779	-832,731	2,885,276	1,992,240
53	Stephens	1,448,934	-833,327	7,167,709	2,684,746
54	Roberts	1,230,275	-1,681,061	30,894,142	6,556,851
55	Wichita	1,220,854	-909,276	236,227	1,261,583
56	Fayette	1,200,534	-2,673,343	13,968,222	3,608,848
57	Milam	1,172,171	540,581	495,675	1,257,632
58	Rusk	1,139,644	-761,560	88,620,857	16,419,102
59	Gregg	1,117,151	-1,198,794	25,728,974	5,553,181
60	Victoria	1,107,392	463,328	2,697,826	1,572,534
61	Smith	1,019,449	-358,751	18,973,181	4,290,687
62	Robertson	981,687	-738,382	49,028,214	9,434,827
63	Wheeler	914,511	-3,205,495	74,901,714	13,828,600
64	Caldwell	896,557	-661,664	28,830	901,528
65	Fisher	891,632	-167,347	827,256	1,034,262
66	Lipscomb	868,587	-1,930,284	37,461,566	7,327,478
67	Maverick	862,954	103,437	3,432,888	1,454,831
68	Nolan	852,090	-1,006,363	1,545,604	1,118,573
69	Cooke	831,652	-618,579	10,771,626	2,688,829
70	Grayson	809,321	-1,002,763	3,655,512	1,439,582
71	Montague	793,377	-1,010,859	44,278,445	8,427,592
72	Lubbock	780,804	-521,962	56,313	790,513
73	Crosby	777,454	-789,064	54,305	786,817
74	Hale	759,067	-788,722	1,191,118	964,432
75	Hardin	750,415	-457,576	3,451,262	1,345,460
76	Duval	730,711	-339,689	5,440,043	1,668,649
77	Archer	726,002	-580,402	278,053	773,942
78	Young	711,737	-592,128	1,863,925	1,033,103
79	Gray	710,382	-300,646	6,167,643	1,773,769
80	Montgomery	696,558	-328,325	3,459,357	1,292,999
81	Haskell	689,483	84,979	474,477	771,289
82	Jack	681,674	-1,152,137	12,247,753	2,793,356
83	Hardeman	651,079	-164,708	228,519	690,479
84	Harris	624,683	-565,974	6,385,448	1,725,622
85	Liberty	610,178	-572,854	6,156,506	1,671,645
86	Fort Bend	609,846	-981,471	4,882,956	1,451,735
87	Wilbarger	593,749	-320,475	79,131	607,392
88	Guadalupe	587,311	-303,865	0	587,311
89	Wharton	558,264	-826,216	7,327,468	1,821,621
90	Throckmorton	546,551	-704,301	1,868,304	868,672
91	Potter	533,236	331,367	7,000,754	1,740,263
92	Sterling	531,457	-871,934	5,933,118	1,554,408
93	Leon	504,477	-1,450,511	29,348,590	5,564,579
94	Washington	483,335	-78,024	41,403,079	7,621,797
95	Anderson	470,843	-195,894	2,230,605	855,430
96	Newton	429,674	-25,797	2,512,765	862,909
97	Houston	419,620	-532,240	2,524,579	854,892
98	Tom Green	401,507	-13,119	2,301,676	798,348
99	Hutchinson	394,431	-272,296	4,872,774	1,234,564
100	Jefferson	393,036	-686,017	4,277,916	1,130,608
101	Van Zandt	373,050	-219,010	1,692,383	664,840
102	Henderson	363,931	4,336	9,035,548	1,921,784
103	Dickens	362,816	-283,356	13,932	365,218
104	Orange	352,963	-209,890	4,495,118	1,127,983
105	Clay	345,504	-189,627	1,244,961	560,152
106	Franklin	336,499	-233,197	1,133,298	531,895
107	Titus	335,798	-251,803	1,076	335,984
108	Jones	320,548	-348,740	170,455	349,937
109	Hemphill	319,909	-1,213,937	85,290,738	15,025,209
110	Tyler	319,395	-166,482	6,406,741	1,424,006
111	Cass	315,915	-23,707	327,827	372,437
112	Polk	315,442	-281,998	21,144,449	3,961,037
113	Grimes	310,119	-774,401	6,774,107	1,478,068
114	Marion	305,371	152,773	1,170,235	507,136
115	San Patricio	300,650	-180,485	4,787,693	1,126,114
116	Austin	299,927	-230,048	2,045,983	652,683
117	Shackelford	279,095	-292,319	1,057,075	461,349
118	Taylor	275,817	-138,505	137,924	299,597
119	Starr	272,053	-199,890	28,520,555	5,189,390
120	Runnels	264,854	-222,513	707,037	386,757
121	Harrison	263,579	-148,814	135,577,222	23,638,962
122	Coke	254,776	-454,365	1,975,982	595,463
123	Jasper	233,809	90,866	7,967,900	1,607,585
124	Oldham	233,021	-720,954	548,201	327,538
125	Lynn	232,838	-282,040	97,143	249,587
126	Concho	226,389	-84,551	348,663	286,503
127	Hansford	207,200	7,143	7,466,639	1,494,552
128	Schleicher	206,712	-242,672	5,136,770	1,092,362
129	Moore	198,999	-58,556	15,267,815	2,831,381
130	Panola	198,374	-204,297	337,613,789	58,407,648
131	Bee	190,696	-140,636	7,670,528	1,513,201
132	Hartley	185,170	-217,227	662,403	299,377
133	Matagorda	183,704	-141,110	4,216,065	910,612
134	Webb	177,142	-608,776	625,069,515	107,947,748
135	Goliad	171,684	-52,249	5,150,050	1,059,624
136	Lamb	161,860	-183,159	155,978	188,753
137	Cherokee	159,511	-163,613	19,113,519	3,454,945
138	Coleman	153,458	-160,196	555,002	249,148
139	Willacy	143,021	-173,938	3,163,414	688,437
140	Wise	140,944	-251,187	152,028,000	26,352,668
141	Nueces	135,329	-195,557	8,663,243	1,628,992
142	Knox	135,207	-59,530	86,381	150,100
143	Galveston	132,577	-612,356	563,409	229,716
144	Waller	124,637	-255,001	1,073,824	309,779
145	Brooks	121,419	-128,583	12,364,407	2,253,213
146	Hopkins	121,356	-109,901	113,349	140,899
147	Colorado	113,163	-31,293	13,433,714	2,429,321
148	Eastland	112,250	-96,730	1,449,929	362,238
149	Calhoun	108,594	-13,950	1,281,316	329,511
150	Navarro	106,272	-217,329	397,668	174,835
151	Carson	89,312	-112,696	6,092,299	1,139,708
152	Callahan	88,978	-71,709	348,264	149,024
153	Palo Pinto	84,091	-392,988	6,945,448	1,281,582
154	Cottle	78,337	1,549	2,175,037	453,343
155	Bastrop	78,066	-24,341	70,357	90,197
156	Medina	77,345	-97,627	4,569	78,133
157	Menard	76,801	-79,327	13,467	79,123
158	Kenedy	75,561	-43,848	21,144,682	3,721,196
159	Upshur	66,069	-68,375	17,553,554	3,092,544
160	Camp	65,575	-114,352	294,957	116,430
161	Brown	64,222	-72,613	603,764	168,319
162	Bexar	62,429	-56,585	21	62,433
163	Foard	62,351	-36,090	55,186	71,866
164	Red River	59,190	-47,151	0	59,190
165	Limestone	52,366	-26,642	26,010,301	4,536,901
166	Walker	51,809	-6,071	1,601,687	327,962
167	Baylor	51,710	-105,874	7,272	52,964
168	Sherman	51,082	-8,570	9,365,871	1,665,887
169	Jim Wells	50,869	-56,600	2,165,894	424,299
170	Zapata	46,998	-71,731	57,229,466	9,914,147
171	Kaufman	46,306	-41,612	22,886	50,252
172	Comanche	42,824	-22,351	335,150	100,608
173	Hidalgo	42,536	-1,778	41,139,960	7,135,633
174	Kleberg	42,167	-223,993	8,041,450	1,428,624
175	McCulloch	35,928	-16,904	0	35,928
176	Motley	32,314	5,007	4,225	33,042
177	San Jacinto	29,529	-51,745	1,715,463	325,298
178	Terrell	24,038	1,555	16,595,737	2,885,372
179	Morris	21,245	19,962	22,489	25,122
180	Shelby	21,071	-25,894	59,816,007	10,334,176
181	Freestone	20,526	-21,526	77,217,150	13,333,828
182	Aransas	18,958	-50,768	2,868,657	513,554
183	Bowie	18,834	-26,226	0	18,834
184	Sutton	17,777	-50,827	14,576,962	2,531,046
185	Denton	16,723	-15,580	130,412,945	22,501,714
186	Trinity	16,495	-30,985	122,994	37,701
187	San Augustine	13,392	-2,394	181,612,666	31,325,921
188	Jim Hogg	11,630	-15,529	4,974,140	869,240
189	Nacogdoches	8,733	-2,866	64,958,039	11,208,395
190	Williamson	5,877	-11,702	0	5,877
191	Childress	4,276	-6,584	0	4,276
192	Collingsworth	3,669	-4,765	698,166	124,042
193	Travis	3,585	690	0	3,585
194	Bandera	1,288	-471	5,711	2,273
195	Val Verde	1,164	-1,806	2,419,195	418,267
196	Erath	1,161	100	1,820,089	314,969
197	Sabine	1,013	-1,607	719,456	125,057
198	Edwards	829	-766	2,085,384	360,378
199	Real	811	-107	26,460	5,373
200	Falls	808	-2,417	0	808
201	Parker	692	-3,340	46,194,444	7,965,251
202	McLennan	691	277	0	691
203	Kimble	215	-69	0	215
204	Hunt	203	7	0	203
205	Hamilton	24	-245	49,026	8,477
206	Angelina	0	0	73,732,610	12,712,519
207	Armstrong	0	0	0	0
208	Bell	0	0	0	0
209	Blanco	0	0	0	0
210	Bosque	0	0	0	0
211	Brewster	0	0	0	0
212	Briscoe	0	0	0	0
213	Cameron	0	0	26,846	4,629
214	Coryell	0	0	0	0
215	Dallam	0	0	0	0
216	Dallas	0	0	5,972,070	1,029,667
217	Donley	0	0	5,192	895
218	Ellis	0	-424	1,915,423	330,245
219	Fannin	0	0	0	0
220	Floyd	0	-927	0	0
221	Hays	0	0	0	0
222	Hill	0	-4	7,625,304	1,314,708
223	Hood	0	-152	26,351,966	4,543,442
224	Hudspeth	0	0	0	0
225	Jeff Davis	0	0	0	0
226	Johnson	0	0	132,900,654	22,913,906
227	Kerr	0	0	0	0
228	Kinney	0	0	0	0
229	Lampasas	0	0	0	0
230	Mills	0	0	2,806	484
231	Rains	0	0	0	0
232	Somervell	0	0	3,002,215	517,623
233	Swisher	0	0	0	0
234	Tarrant	0	0	324,865,972	56,011,374
235	Uvalde	0	0	0	0
236	Bailey	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
237	Burnet	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
238	Castro	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
239	Collin	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
240	Comal	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
241	Deaf Smith	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
242	Delta	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
243	El Paso	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
244	Gillespie	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
245	Hall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
246	Kendall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
247	Lamar	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
248	Llano	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
249	Mason	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
250	Parmer	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
251	Presidio	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
252	Randall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
253	Rockwall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
254	San Saba	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Total		1,187,767,228	232,389,046	7,968,247,503	2,561,603,003

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