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Texas oil production holding steady
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Two shale counties in Texas dominated the landscape, though crude oil production is holding relatively stable, data from the state show.
The Railroad Commission of Texas, the state energy regulator, reported preliminary production of crude oil averaged 2.38 million barrels per day in September, less than 1 percent lower than the previous month and 1.6 percent lower than for September 2015.
Texas is the No. 1 oil producer in the United States and, over the past 12 months, produced 995 million barrels of crude oil. A recent survey, meanwhile, from the U.S. Geological Survey found the Wolfcamp shale reserve within the Permian basin in Texas could be the largest oil and gas deposit ever assessed in the country.
State data show Midland County, which hosts part of the Wolfcamp, produced 5.06 million barrels of oil for the whole month of September. Karnes County, which hosts parts of the Eagle Ford shale, produced 5.09 million barrels of oil in September.
The entire Permian basin, which includes Wolfcamp, holds nearly as many active oil rigs as the rest of the United States combined. The federal Energy Information Administration reported that, as crude oil prices recover and spending starts to move back into the U.S. energy sector, a full-scale rebound is possible for inland resources.