The increase of oil field production and oilfield traffic may increase oilfield accidents and oilfield injuries.
RRC: Top 8 Permian counties produce 51.29% of Texas oil in April
Midland County again dominated production inside Texas with more than 13.7 million barrels during the month of April.
The Railroad Commission of Texas released preliminary statistics in late June that showed Midland County accounted for 13.07 percent of the 104.81 million barrels produced across the state. Midland and neighbor Martin County were the top-two producing counties, combining for more than 22 million barrels, or 21.62 percent, of the oil produced.
All totaled, there were eight counties from the Permian Basin inside the top 10. The other six are Reeves, Howard, Upton, Loving, Reagan and Glasscock. The eight accounted for 53.76 million barrels, or 51.29 percent, of the oil produced in the state in April, according to the RRC
In April 2019, the preliminary production of crude oil was 98.9 million barrels. The updated total was 126.85 million barrels
Reeves County again dominated the production of gas and condensate. The 74.547 million mcf produced in April dominated Webb and Midland counties, which totaled 49.10 million mcf and 40.28 million mcf, respectively. The RRC reported 747.706 million mcf of gas was produced during the entire month. In April 2019, the preliminary number was 680.22 million mcf. The updated total was 826.651 million mcf.
April 2020 Texas top 10 total gas- (gas well gas and casinghead) producing counties ranked by preliminary production
County Total Gas (MCF)
- Reeves 74,547,367
- Webb 49,410,027
- Midland 40,287,396
- Panola 32,913,485
- Culberson 30,034,409
- Tarrant 29,195,757
- Karnes 25,515,292
- Loving 24,802,162
- Reagan 24,651,978
- DeWitt 21,871,720
April 2020 Texas top 10 total condensate-producing counties ranked by preliminary production
County Condensate (BBLS)
- Reeves 5,666,768
- Culberson 2,937,237
- Loving 2,086,388
- DeWitt 1,978,391
- Karnes 868,222
- Webb 742,409
- Dimmit 301,524
- LaSalle 266,806
- Live Oak 266,573
- McMullen 213,420
Source: Texas Railroad Commission
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