Texas Counties: Oil Produced in 2024

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 2024

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5	100M to 1,000M bbl	11	1,000 to 9,999 bbl

23	10M to 100M bbl	8	100 to 999 bbl

36	1M to 10M bbl	3	1 to 99 bbl

85	100,000 to 1M bbl	20	none

36	10,000 to 99,999 bbl	27	not available

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Oil Produced

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Rank	Name	Oil Produced, 2024 (barrels)	Change from 2019 (barrels)	Gas Produced, 2024 (thousands of cf)	Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) Produced, 2019
1	Martin	248,743,666	156,749,191	658,643,584	362,302,905
2	Midland	234,060,777	91,021,436	913,956,262	391,639,443
3	Howard	114,184,287	54,491,850	396,622,786	182,567,526
4	Loving	109,896,513	45,561,151	646,505,403	221,362,962
5	Upton	102,805,409	48,006,052	443,394,303	179,252,703
6	Reeves	86,592,618	-2,247,090	1,158,695,903	286,367,774
7	Karnes	76,989,766	-5,122,517	308,100,050	130,110,464
8	Glasscock	68,998,494	32,909,156	320,752,697	124,300,683
9	Reagan	68,650,977	29,465,627	453,033,862	146,760,264
10	Andrews	56,470,314	25,350,176	118,675,516	76,931,610
11	Ward	55,619,594	19,512,206	201,997,086	90,446,678
12	La Salle	37,196,996	-10,626,268	334,502,658	94,869,868
13	Atascosa	30,882,533	10,753,551	30,365,411	36,117,949
14	Gonzales	28,686,868	-5,500,699	44,631,646	36,381,979
15	Dimmit	27,846,336	-2,450,056	225,453,265	66,717,589
16	Yoakum	26,946,218	5,369,888	57,028,433	36,778,706
17	Deaf Smith	26,269,907	26,269,907	0	26,269,907
18	DeWitt	26,269,907	-6,257,069	244,039,523	42,075,780
19	Pecos	25,870,166	1,659,624	100,471,140	43,192,776
20	McMullen	24,743,871	593,476	203,449,939	59,821,447
21	Winkler	20,415,077	3,639,046	52,976,358	29,548,932
22	Ector	19,716,229	3,593,010	41,502,982	26,871,916
23	Gaines	17,235,061	-857,932	19,652,500	20,623,423
24	Dawson	14,182,617	11,604,363	9,495,772	15,819,819
25	Borden	13,501,399	7,540,779	14,197,436	15,949,233
26	Live Oak	12,708,501	3,174,684	140,910,548	37,003,423
27	Crane	12,033,951	6,163,841	58,537,742	22,126,665
28	Scurry	11,965,259	-641,075	40,399,038	18,930,610
29	Hockley	9,473,946	121,170	6,034,598	10,514,394
30	Irion	9,021,680	-1,072,596	144,880,817	34,001,131
31	Burleson	8,512,628	216,723	8,342,470	9,950,985
32	Zavala	7,738,436	2,023,052	14,409,688	10,222,865
33	Frio	5,525,414	324,502	13,178,984	7,797,653
34	Lavaca	5,515,706	14,920	28,915,308	10,501,104
35	Brazos	4,462,276	517,924	7,170,157	5,698,510
36	Crockett	4,449,022	-606,688	74,580,923	17,307,802
37	Lee	4,318,077	2,647,417	8,706,531	5,819,203
38	Wilson	3,912,471	2,304,660	1,874,216	4,235,612
39	Fisher	3,662,763	2,771,131	10,146,749	5,412,202
40	Wood	2,982,934	429,402	56,410,593	12,708,898
41	Mitchell	2,841,454	831,687	1,363,396	3,076,522
42	Fayette	2,706,353	1,505,819	32,539,837	8,316,670
43	Maverick	2,674,452	1,811,498	14,540,404	5,181,418
44	Cass	2,595,511	2,279,596	2,343,149	2,999,502
45	Ochiltree	2,497,299	-745,530	21,109,586	6,136,883
46	Robertson	2,427,593	1,445,906	104,782,108	20,493,474
47	Kent	2,330,968	-345,564	5,565,452	3,290,529
48	Refugio	2,244,696	540,364	6,129,288	3,301,470
49	Brazoria	2,186,774	-464,415	4,044,726	2,884,141
50	Cochran	2,003,266	-162,388	2,006,932	2,349,289
51	Terry	1,961,021	-464,229	290,939	2,011,183
52	Washington	1,851,437	1,368,102	93,628,661	17,994,310
53	Madison	1,672,797	-178,853	3,605,243	2,294,391
54	Chambers	1,602,280	-417,261	875,480	1,753,225
55	Garza	1,571,783	-216,733	806,345	1,710,808
56	Stephens	1,389,168	-59,766	6,280,724	2,472,051
57	King	1,321,924	-185,434	153,450	1,348,381
58	Gregg	1,199,836	82,685	20,500,003	4,734,319
59	Jackson	1,163,576	-695,811	2,939,202	1,670,335
60	Rusk	1,110,324	-29,320	60,344,948	11,514,625
61	Wichita	1,101,025	-119,829	204,492	1,136,282
62	Grayson	1,079,258	269,937	3,898,483	1,751,410
63	Smith	1,062,014	42,565	14,226,618	3,514,879
64	Webb	1,056,871	879,729	1,038,647,978	180,134,109
65	Milam	991,034	-181,137	2,030,673	1,341,150
66	Caldwell	893,421	-3,136	31,189	898,798
67	Harris	874,647	249,964	3,808,137	1,531,222
68	Lubbock	872,990	92,186	69,414	884,958
69	Roberts	869,454	-360,821	24,940,505	5,169,541
70	Montague	856,204	62,827	32,674,437	6,489,728
71	Archer	853,726	127,724	272,866	900,772
72	Lipscomb	847,537	-21,050	30,684,423	6,137,955
73	Wilbarger	844,052	250,303	50,601	852,776
74	Hale	813,928	54,861	1,491,859	1,071,145
75	Cooke	799,892	-31,760	8,877,657	2,330,523
76	Gray	790,405	80,023	5,627,662	1,760,692
77	Guadalupe	775,251	187,940	0	775,251
78	Stonewall	766,940	-727,839	924,374	926,315
79	Nolan	717,799	-134,291	1,543,985	984,003
80	Young	713,804	2,067	2,129,326	1,080,929
81	Morris	665,821	644,576	222,098	704,114
82	Liberty	643,284	33,106	2,579,203	1,087,974
83	Victoria	642,834	-464,558	2,727,633	1,113,116
84	Harrison	614,027	350,448	494,969,500	85,953,596
85	Hardin	610,588	-139,827	2,905,177	1,111,481
86	Montgomery	608,248	-88,310	1,828,019	923,424
87	Jack	593,226	-88,448	9,498,086	2,230,827
88	Wheeler	564,552	-349,959	56,825,751	10,362,095
89	Crosby	558,061	-219,393	0	558,061
90	Wharton	522,390	-35,874	4,784,656	1,347,331
91	Tom Green	513,571	112,064	2,379,650	923,855
92	Duval	507,599	-223,112	3,699,266	1,145,403
93	Van Zandt	487,662	114,612	304,500	540,162
94	Hardeman	478,371	-172,708	127,517	500,357
95	Fort Bend	462,676	-147,170	3,184,403	1,011,711
96	Haskell	456,750	-232,733	302,302	508,871
97	Anderson	430,687	-40,156	1,460,464	682,491
98	Jones	425,159	104,611	247,247	467,788
99	Clay	423,570	78,066	896,832	578,196
100	Culberson	419,589	-1,141,572	499,399,665	86,522,980
101	Newton	411,679	-17,995	1,737,094	711,178
102	Throckmorton	411,004	-135,547	1,245,415	625,731
103	Coke	406,049	151,273	1,969,439	745,607
104	Sterling	367,142	-164,315	5,100,910	1,246,609
105	Polk	329,075	13,633	8,067,211	1,719,973
106	Leon	314,385	-190,092	64,801,693	11,487,091
107	Houston	291,443	-128,177	2,516,513	725,325
108	Orange	289,025	-63,938	1,848,399	607,714
109	Tyler	281,831	-37,564	15,332,841	2,925,424
110	Henderson	281,767	-82,164	5,511,726	1,232,065
111	Dickens	279,313	-83,503	16,562	282,169
112	Franklin	275,784	-60,715	794,667	412,796
113	Titus	271,662	-64,136	480	271,745
114	Hutchinson	269,624	-124,807	4,031,679	964,741
115	Galveston	266,282	133,705	2,217,168	648,552
116	Taylor	264,838	-10,979	87,909	279,995
117	Shackelford	262,215	-16,880	946,031	425,324
118	Austin	260,323	-39,604	4,703,745	1,071,314
119	Jefferson	256,850	-136,186	1,554,880	524,933
120	Jasper	235,335	1,526	6,586,133	1,370,875
121	Marion	221,649	-83,722	730,624	347,619
122	Starr	220,193	-51,860	18,950,401	3,487,504
123	Hemphill	211,686	-108,223	51,611,295	9,110,185
124	Potter	200,605	-332,631	9,921,757	1,911,253
125	Panola	199,506	1,132	653,871,584	112,935,986
126	Grimes	194,527	-115,592	4,702,946	1,005,380
127	Lamb	185,277	23,417	251,380	228,618
128	Runnels	184,422	-80,432	401,581	253,660
129	San Patricio	180,984	-119,666	1,525,450	443,993
130	Baylor	172,654	120,944	0	172,654
131	Schleicher	171,350	-35,362	4,167,643	889,909
132	Bee	171,301	-19,395	20,883,505	3,771,905
133	Nueces	170,193	34,864	6,087,052	1,219,685
134	Hartley	159,363	-25,807	674,316	275,624
135	Oldham	158,942	-74,079	417,064	230,850
136	Moore	151,272	-47,727	22,307,922	3,997,465
137	Wise	141,023	79	146,662,131	25,427,597
138	Willacy	138,137	-4,884	1,149,335	336,298
139	Concho	135,506	-90,883	186,640	167,685
140	Cottle	134,522	56,185	1,547,141	401,270
141	Knox	118,163	-17,044	68,020	129,891
142	Cherokee	117,642	-41,869	16,849,802	3,022,780
143	Matagorda	115,719	-67,985	6,127,539	1,172,191
144	Coleman	112,829	-40,629	202,276	147,704
145	Lynn	106,917	-125,921	24,575	111,154
146	Hopkins	104,812	-16,544	65,800	116,157
147	Hansford	104,003	-103,197	7,232,440	1,350,975
148	Navarro	103,586	-2,686	257,007	147,898
149	Calhoun	102,753	-5,841	1,020,703	278,736
150	Jim Wells	92,134	41,265	1,722,616	389,137
151	Eastland	90,010	-22,240	1,350,308	322,822
152	Carson	87,958	-1,354	6,053,249	1,131,622
153	Colorado	82,665	-30,498	7,915,989	1,447,491
154	Medina	82,521	5,176	4,641	83,321
155	Goliad	82,453	-89,231	3,191,568	632,723
156	Callahan	78,572	-10,406	391,566	146,083
157	Waller	72,131	-52,506	1,665,462	359,280
158	Upshur	71,048	4,979	17,017,529	3,005,105
159	Brooks	70,585	-50,834	7,693,903	1,397,120
160	Foard	70,337	7,986	34,824	76,341
161	Kenedy	69,640	-5,921	15,428,067	2,729,652
162	Camp	69,490	3,915	0	69,490
163	Sherman	66,126	15,044	10,585,771	1,891,259
164	Bowie	60,320	41,486	2,818	60,806
165	Brown	59,116	-5,106	536,232	151,570
166	Limestone	57,736	5,370	20,021,884	3,509,785
167	Bexar	56,726	-5,703	12	56,728
168	Palo Pinto	56,577	-27,514	3,306,754	626,707
169	Walker	49,806	-2,003	785,427	185,224
170	Menard	47,673	-29,128	2,202	48,053
171	Bastrop	45,397	-32,669	38,882	52,101
172	Red River	45,217	-13,973	0	45,217
173	San Jacinto	29,783	254	1,059,040	212,376
174	Motley	28,925	-3,389	78	28,938
175	McCulloch	28,514	-7,414	0	28,514
176	Kaufman	25,709	-20,597	0	25,709
177	Jim Hogg	25,492	13,862	2,286,548	419,724
178	Kleberg	21,062	-21,105	6,873,681	1,206,179
179	Hidalgo	16,208	-26,328	25,005,492	4,327,500
180	Zapata	16,175	-30,823	43,111,748	7,449,235
181	Comanche	15,926	-26,898	373,143	80,261
182	Sutton	15,270	-2,507	14,011,409	2,431,030
183	Terrell	14,779	-9,259	6,046,049	1,057,201
184	Trinity	12,747	-3,748	23,826	16,855
185	Freestone	12,595	-7,931	54,498,265	9,408,848
186	Denton	7,856	-8,867	125,058,684	21,569,698
187	Edwards	7,778	6,949	2,310,070	406,066
188	Williamson	7,544	1,667	0	7,544
189	Aransas	7,421	-11,537	1,622,305	287,129
190	Nacogdoches	6,939	-1,794	205,142,792	35,376,386
191	Shelby	6,905	-14,166	77,145,116	13,307,787
192	San Augustine	4,043	-9,349	281,012,440	48,454,464
193	Travis	3,635	50	0	3,635
194	Real	1,899	1,088	0	1,899
195	Bandera	1,313	25	0	1,313
196	Hunt	1,198	995	0	1,198
197	Collingsworth	972	-2,697	618,050	107,532
198	Val Verde	803	-361	1,689,670	292,125
199	Sabine	411	-602	17,525,060	3,021,973
200	Erath	315	-846	1,285,704	221,988
201	Childress	194	-4,082	0	194
202	Presidio	185	185	44,600	7,875
203	McLennan	178	-513	0	178
204	Parker	166	-526	37,864,880	6,528,594
205	Kimble	85	-130	0	85
206	Falls	41	-767	0	41
207	Ellis	6	6	1,675,063	288,810
208	Angelina	0	0	104,842,313	18,076,261
209	Armstrong	0	0	0	0
210	Blanco	0	0	0	0
211	Brewster	0	0	0	0
212	Delta	0	0	N/A	0
213	Donley	0	0	7,496	1,292
214	Fannin	0	0	0	0
215	Floyd	0	0	0	0
216	Hamilton	0	-24	34,615	5,968
217	Hill	0	0	6,239,971	1,075,857
218	Hood	0	0	21,779,257	3,755,044
219	Hudspeth	0	0	0	0
220	Jeff Davis	0	0	0	0
221	Johnson	0	0	98,277,769	16,944,443
222	Kerr	0	0	0	0
223	Kinney	0	0	0	0
224	San Saba	0	0	0	0
225	Somervell	0	0	2,291,910	395,157
226	Swisher	0	0	0	0
227	Tarrant	0	0	291,011,493	50,174,395
228	Bailey	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
229	Bell	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
230	Bosque	N/A	N/A	0	0
231	Briscoe	N/A	N/A	0	0
232	Burnet	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
233	Cameron	N/A	N/A	4,776	823
234	Castro	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
235	Collin	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
236	Comal	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
237	Coryell	N/A	N/A	0	0
238	Dallam	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
239	Dallas	N/A	N/A	5,582,008	962,415
240	El Paso	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
241	Gillespie	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
242	Hall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
243	Hays	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
244	Kendall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
245	Lamar	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
246	Lampasas	N/A	N/A	0	0
247	Llano	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
248	Mason	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
249	Mills	N/A	N/A	31	5
250	Parmer	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
251	Rains	N/A	N/A	1,007,550	173,716
252	Randall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
253	Rockwall	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
254	Uvalde	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Total		1,749,022,565	561,255,337	12,899,050,428	3,946,726,874

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.

In TRC tables, several coastal locations, including High Island in Galveston County and Mustang Island in Nueces County, are listed as if they are counties themselves. They are not, so we add their data with that of their respective counties.

Sources:

Texas Railroad Commission - Oil & Gas Production Data Query