The Railroad Commission of Texas reported on May 4, 2026, that the state produced 117,594,204 barrels of crude oil and 965,082,964 thousand cubic feet of natural gas during February 2026, drawn from 154,393 oil wells and 83,679 gas wells operating across the state.
The February 2026 figures represent preliminary totals based on production volumes submitted by operators and will be updated as late and corrected reports are received, according to the Railroad Commission. The data reflects Texas’s continued role as the leading crude oil and natural gas producing state in the nation, with output spread across dozens of counties concentrated in the Permian Basin of West Texas.
Average daily crude oil production for February 2026 reached 4,199,793 barrels, while average daily natural gas production stood at 34,467,248 thousand cubic feet, the Railroad Commission said. Martin County ranked first among all Texas counties in crude oil production for the month, reporting 19,485,325 barrels, followed by Midland County at 16,449,620 barrels and Upton County at 8,466,243 barrels, according to the agency’s preliminary county rankings. Loving County reported 7,620,370 barrels, Reagan County reported 5,797,001 barrels, and Howard County reported 5,251,839 barrels. Reeves, Karnes, Andrews, and Glasscock counties rounded out the top ten crude oil producers, reporting 5,081,343, 4,433,995, 4,353,103, and 3,879,482 barrels, respectively.
The February 2026 preliminary crude oil total of 117,594,204 barrels compares to a preliminary reported total of 113,763,372 barrels for February 2025, which was later revised upward to an updated figure of 130,465,949 barrels as additional operator reports were received, according to Railroad Commission data. Natural gas production followed a similar pattern, with February 2025 preliminary figures of 901,317,274 thousand cubic feet later revised to an updated total of 1,012,513,127 thousand cubic feet. The Railroad Commission noted that preliminary figures are routinely adjusted upward as operators submit late and corrected production reports. The University of Texas at Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology has previously documented that Permian Basin counties, including Martin and Midland, account for a disproportionate share of statewide output due to continued drilling activity in the Wolfcamp and Spraberry formations.
The Railroad Commission of Texas, established in 1891, serves as the state’s primary regulatory agency for the oil and gas industry, overseeing production reporting, pipeline safety, and environmental compliance across all active wells in the state. The agency collects monthly production data from operators statewide and publishes both preliminary and updated figures through its online production statistics portal. Crude oil production figures reported by the Railroad Commission are limited to oil produced from oil leases and do not include condensate, which the agency tracks and reports separately. Full statewide production statistics and county-level rankings are available through the Railroad Commission’s monthly oil and gas production data pages at rrc.texas.gov.
The Railroad Commission updates February 2026 production figures on a rolling basis as operators submit additional reports, and revised totals will be published through the agency’s production data portal at rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-gas-production/.