The Railroad Fee of Texas (RRC) revealed its newest preliminary crude oil and pure fuel manufacturing figures, which had been for October final yr, in an announcement posted on its web site just lately.
The preliminary reported whole quantity of crude oil in Texas in October 2025 was 125,078,417 barrels, in keeping with the assertion, which confirmed that the preliminary reported whole quantity of pure fuel within the state throughout the identical month was 957.0 billion cubic ft.
The RRC famous within the assertion that crude oil and pure fuel manufacturing for October 2025 got here from 157,228 oil wells and 84,019 fuel wells.
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In its assertion, the RRC highlighted that crude oil manufacturing reported by the RRC is restricted to grease produced from oil leases and doesn’t embrace condensate, which the group stated 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 stated 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 whole quantity of crude oil in Texas in October 2024 was 149,680,107 barrels. The preliminary reported whole quantity was 122,145,230 barrels, the assertion highlighted. It confirmed that the up to date reported whole quantity of pure fuel within the state got here in at 1.12 trillion cubic ft in October 2024. The preliminary reported whole quantity was 898.8 billion cubic ft, the assertion outlined.
In accordance with the RRC’s assertion, the county in Texas with the best preliminary crude oil manufacturing determine in October 2025 was Martin, with 19,906,130 barrels.
Midland ranked second, with 18,076,141 barrels, Loving was third, with 8,545,374 barrels, Upton was fourth, with 8,436,384 barrels, Reeves was fifth, with 6,374,887 barrels, Karnes was sixth, with 5,797,349 barrels, Reagan was seventh, with 5,603,608 barrels, Howard was eighth, with 5,336,091 barrels, Andrews was ninth, with 5,006,834 barrels, and Glasscock was tenth, with 3,720,573 barrels, the RRC assertion confirmed.
The county in Texas with the best preliminary whole fuel manufacturing determine in October 2025 was Webb, with 93.2 billion cubic ft, the assertion revealed.
Reeves ranked second, with 82.2 billion cubic ft, Midland was third, with 78.3 billion cubic ft, Martin was fourth, with 61.1 billion cubic ft, Loving was fifth, with 53.3 billion cubic ft, Culberson was sixth, with 37.7 billion cubic ft, Upton was seventh, with 36.1 billion cubic ft, Reagan was eighth, with 35.6 billion cubic ft, Howard was ninth, with 29.4 billion cubic ft, and Panola was tenth, with 28.1 billion cubic ft, the assertion highlighted.
The RRC outlined within the assertion that its whole fuel rating includes fuel nicely fuel and casinghead figures.
The RRC’s assertion additionally highlighted that the county in Texas with the best preliminary whole condensate manufacturing determine in October 2025 was Reeves, with 6,235,639 barrels.
Loving ranked second, with 4,350,584 barrels, Culberson was third, with 2,928,522 barrels, De Witt was fourth, with 1,765,284 barrels, Webb was fifth, with 1,444,141 barrels, Dimmit was sixth, with 737,520 barrels, Karnes was seventh, with 668,548 barrels, Stay Oak was eighth, with 624,313 barrels, Ward was ninth, with 611,277 barrels, and McMullen was tenth, with 464,029 barrels, the assertion confirmed.
In an announcement printed on its web site in December 2025, the RRC revealed that it had issued a complete of 412 authentic drilling permits in November 2025.
“The overall consists of 369 to drill new oil or fuel wells, seven to re-enter plugged wellbores, three area transfers, 32 for re-completion, and 1 reclass,” the RRC famous in that assertion.
“The breakdown of nicely varieties for whole authentic drilling permits in November 2025 is: 56 oil, 32 fuel, 280 oil and fuel, 32 injection, 1 service, and 1 different allow,” it added.
“In November 2025, Fee employees processed 798 oil, 295 fuel, and 151 injection completions,” it 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 business, pipeline transporters, pure fuel and unsafe liquid pipeline business, pure fuel utilities, the LP-gas business, important pure fuel infrastructure, and coal and uranium floor mining operations.
The fee exists underneath provisions of the Texas Structure and workouts its statutory tasks 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 tasks underneath federal legislation together with the Floor Coal Mining Management and Reclamation Act, Protected Consuming Water Act, Pipeline Security Acts, Useful resource Conservation Restoration Act, and Clear Water Act.
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