The Texas Railroad Fee (RRC) revealed its newest preliminary crude oil and pure fuel manufacturing figures in an announcement posted on its web site lately.
The preliminary reported complete quantity of crude oil in Texas in Could was 121,302,500 barrels, in response to the assertion, which confirmed that the preliminary reported complete quantity of pure fuel within the state throughout the identical month was 1.04 trillion cubic toes.
The RRC famous within the assertion that crude oil and pure fuel manufacturing for Could got here from 159,047 oil wells and 83,808 fuel wells.
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In its assertion, the RRC highlighted that crude oil manufacturing reported by the RRC is proscribed to grease produced from oil leases and doesn’t embrace condensate, which the group mentioned is reported individually by the RRC. The RRC additionally identified within the assertion that preliminary figures are based mostly on manufacturing volumes reported by operators and mentioned they are going to be up to date as late and corrected manufacturing experiences are obtained.
The RRC’s assertion confirmed that the up to date reported complete quantity of crude oil in Texas in Could 2024 was 146,390,317 barrels. The preliminary reported complete quantity was 119,144,564 barrels, the assertion highlighted. It confirmed that the up to date reported complete quantity of pure fuel within the state got here in at 1.07 trillion cubic toes in Could final 12 months. The preliminary reported complete quantity was 907.4 billion cubic toes, the assertion outlined.
Based on the RRC’s assertion, the county in Texas with the best preliminary crude oil manufacturing determine in Could was Martin, with 20,553,614 barrels.
Midland ranked second, with 17,459,325 barrels, Upton was third, with 8,649,677 barrels, Loving was fourth, with 7,696,320 barrels, Howard was fifth, with 6,950,654 barrels, Reeves was sixth, with 5,906,457 barrels, Karnes was seventh, with 5,875,271 barrels, Reagan was eighth, with 5,704,205 barrels, Andrews was ninth, with 4,130,374 barrels, and Glasscock was tenth, with 3,850,059 barrels, the RRC assertion confirmed.
The county in Texas with the best preliminary complete fuel manufacturing determine in Could was Reeves, with 91.9 billion cubic toes, the assertion revealed.
Webb ranked second, with 88.9 billion cubic toes, Midland was third, with 79.4 billion cubic toes, Martin was fourth, with 61.3 billion cubic toes, Loving was fifth, with 51.6 billion cubic toes, Panola was sixth, with 48.1 billion cubic toes, Culberson was seventh, with 43.4 billion cubic toes, Harrison was eighth, with 43.3 billion cubic toes, Reagan was ninth, with 42.3 billion cubic toes, and Upton was tenth, with 39.9 billion cubic toes, the assertion highlighted.
The RRC outlined within the assertion that its complete fuel rating contains fuel effectively fuel and casinghead figures.
Additionally this month, the RRC introduced in a separate assertion posted on its web site that it had issued a complete of 674 unique drilling permits in July 2025.
“The full contains 580 to drill new oil or fuel wells, thee to re-enter plugged wellbores, two discipline transfers, 88 for re-completion, and one reclass,” the RRC famous on this assertion.
“The breakdown of effectively varieties for complete unique drilling permits in July 2025 is: 115 oil, 46 fuel, 476 oil and fuel, 22 injection, one service and 14 different permits,” it added.
“In July 2025, Fee workers processed 1,280 oil, 241 fuel, and 189 injection completions,” the RRC continued.
The Texas RRC notes on its web site that it’s the state company with main regulatory jurisdiction over the oil and pure fuel trade, pipeline transporters, pure fuel and unsafe liquid pipeline trade, pure fuel utilities, the LP-gas trade, crucial pure fuel infrastructure, and coal and uranium floor mining operations.
The fee exists underneath provisions of the Texas Structure and workouts its statutory obligations underneath state and federal legal guidelines for regulation and enforcement of the state’s vitality industries, the location provides, noting that the fee additionally has regulatory and enforcement obligations underneath federal regulation together with the Floor Coal Mining Management and Reclamation Act, Secure Consuming Water Act, Pipeline Security Acts, Useful resource Conservation Restoration Act, and Clear Water Act.
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