Martin County Leads Texas in Crude Oil Production in March

AUSTIN, TX — Martin County produced more than 20.9 million barrels of crude oil in March, topping all Texas counties, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Railroad Commission of Texas. 

Statewide, Texas operators reported 132,082,778 barrels of crude oil from 156,038 wells and 1,080,627,999 thousand cubic feet of natural gas from 84,395 wells. Crude oil averaged 4,260,734 barrels per day and natural gas averaged 34,858,967 thousand cubic feet daily. 

The figures cover only oil lease production and exclude condensate, which is reported separately. They are preliminary and subject to revision as operators submit late or corrected reports. 

The top 10 crude oil-producing counties in March were:

1. Martin — 20,968,388 barrels
2. Midland — 19,110,986 barrels
3. Upton — 9,635,321 barrels
4. Loving — 8,573,298 barrels
5. Reagan — 6,595,182 barrels
6. Howard — 6,191,990 barrels
7. Reeves — 5,833,790 barrels
8. Karnes — 4,926,074 barrels
9. Andrews — 4,828,611 barrels
10. Glasscock — 4,737,960 barrels

Webb County led in total gas production (gas well gas and casinghead) with 88,814,158 thousand cubic feet. 

The top 10 gas-producing counties were:

1. Webb — 88,814,158 mcf
2. Reeves — 85,214,603 mcf
3. Midland — 82,070,385 mcf
4. Martin — 67,922,179 mcf
5. Panola — 59,068,918 mcf
6. Loving — 54,643,254 mcf
7. Culberson — 47,809,100 mcf
8. Reagan — 45,626,552 mcf
9. Harrison — 41,445,382 mcf
10. Upton — 40,679,159 mcf

Reeves County led condensate production with 6,808,749 barrels. 

The top 10 condensate-producing counties were:

1. Reeves — 6,808,749 barrels
2. Loving — 4,410,687 barrels
3. Culberson — 3,576,565 barrels
4. DeWitt — 2,580,792 barrels
5. Webb — 1,622,569 barrels
6. La Salle — 1,063,204 barrels
7. Dimmit — 861,583 barrels
8. Karnes — 853,816 barrels
9. Ward — 851,163 barrels
10. Live Oak — 640,843 barrels

For comparison, updated figures for March 2025 showed 146,202,383 barrels of crude oil and 1,124,661,596 thousand cubic feet of natural gas. 

Full details and additional county rankings are available on the RRC website.