Changes

Daily oil production fluctuated around 1.2 million bpd through 2019, peaking at 1.27 million bpd in October, dropping slightly after that through the end of the year ([[:file:Figure3EagleFord2019-20CommRept.jpg|Figure 3]]). Gas production averaged 4.36 billion scf/day in 2019. Slight drops in oil and gas production occurred in the first three months of 2020, and with the onset of the pandemic production decreased substantially from March to May (27% for oil, 17% for gas) recovering slightly after.

Daily oil production fluctuated around 1.2 million bpd through 2019, peaking at 1.27 million bpd in October, dropping slightly after that through the end of the year ([[:file:Figure3EagleFord2019-20CommRept.jpg|Figure 3]]). Gas production averaged 4.36 billion scf/day in 2019. Slight drops in oil and gas production occurred in the first three months of 2020, and with the onset of the pandemic production decreased substantially from March to May (27% for oil, 17% for gas) recovering slightly after.

=='Eagle Ford Water Assessment==

==Eagle Ford Water Assessment==

In 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey completed an assessment of water and proppant use and produced waters volumes needed to develop the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources associated with the Eagle Ford Group assessed in 2018 (Gianoutsos et al., 2020). This is only the second application of the USGS produced waters assessment methodology (Haines<ref name=Haines>Haines, S. S., 2015, Methodology for assessing quantities of water and proppant injection, and water production associated with development of continuous petroleum accumulations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1117, 18 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151117.</ref>), which is meant to provide an estimate of the volume of water needed to drill wells and amount of hydraulic fracturing fluids (water and proppant) required to recover the oil and gas resources assessed in the most recent USGS Eagle Ford oil and gas assessment<ref name=Whidden />. Total produced waters from the formation are also estimated. Flowback water was not assessed due to insufficient data availability.

In 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey completed an assessment of water and proppant use and produced waters volumes needed to develop the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources associated with the Eagle Ford Group assessed in 2018 (Gianoutsos et al., 2020). This is only the second application of the USGS produced waters assessment methodology (Haines<ref name=Haines>Haines, S. S., 2015, Methodology for assessing quantities of water and proppant injection, and water production associated with development of continuous petroleum accumulations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1117, 18 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151117.</ref>), which is meant to provide an estimate of the volume of water needed to drill wells and amount of hydraulic fracturing fluids (water and proppant) required to recover the oil and gas resources assessed in the most recent USGS Eagle Ford oil and gas assessment<ref name=Whidden />. Total produced waters from the formation are also estimated. Flowback water was not assessed due to insufficient data availability.