Although operators reported an increase in the number of completions, other oilfield activity in Scurry County continues to trail 2018, according to data released by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
According to figures from the commission, Scurry County operators have reported 6.29 million barrels produced during the first five months of 2019. During the same period last year, operators reported 6.37 million barrels produced.
In May, operators reported 1.26 million barrels of crude oil produced by Scurry County’s oilfields, an increase over the 1.18 million barrels produced in April.
Last May, Scurry County oil wells produced 1.27 million barrels of crude oil.
In May, operators reported 101.9 million barrels of crude oil production statewide. In May 2018, operators reported production of 87.7 million barrels, updated to 113.1 million barrels. The commission updates figures as late and revised reports are received.
The commission reported that from June 2018 to May 2019, total Texas reported production was 1.388 billion barrels of crude oil and 9.2 trillion cubic feet of total gas.
Crude oil and natural gas production in May 2019 came from 177,644 oil wells and 89,952 gas wells.
In Scurry County, the commission issued 13 permits for new wells in July, an increase over the three permits issued in May, but well below the 18 permits issued in July 2018.
In districts 8 and 8A, which includes Scurry and the surrounding counties, 567 permits to drill new wells were issued in July.
Statewide, the commission issued a total of 912 original drilling permits in July 2019 compared 1,153 in July 2018. The July 2019 total included 836 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, eight to re-enter plugged well bores and 68 for re-completions of existing well bores. The breakdown of well types for those permits is 212 oil, 58 gas, 537 oil or gas, 93 injection, three service and nine other permits.
Scurry County operators reported 33 completions in July. In July 2018 operators reported 32 completions. Many of the completions were listed as “well record only,” and included temporarily abandoned wells, repairs and wells that have been completed but not activated.
In districts 8 and 8A, 394 completions were reported in July.
In July, the commission staff processed 499 oil, 156 gas, 42 injection and two other completions compared to 753 oil, 157 gas, 29 injection and one other completion in July 2018. Total well completions processed for 2019 year-to-date are 5,749, down from 6,514 recorded during the same time period in 2018.
Midland County maintained its position as the top producing county with nearly 12.45 million barrels of crude oil in May, up from April’s 11.6 million barrels. Karnes County operators reported 7.7 million barrels of crude oil produced in May, up from April’s 7.4 million barrels.
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