Historical Natural Gas Production and Well Counts
History of Texas Initial Natural Gas, Annual Production and Producing Wells
Since 1935.
Note: This table lists initially reported production for both onshore and offshore wells. As additional late or corrected reports are received, the initially reported production volumes are subject to change.
Some numbers below are reflected in thousands or billions of cubic feet as indicated. For example, initial gas well gas production for 2009 was 6,804,617,582,000 cubic feet. Also, initial gas vented or flared in 2008 was 42,800,000,000 cubic feet.
| Year | Gas Well Gas Production (Mcf) | Casinghead Gas Production (Mcf) | Total Natural Gas Production (Mcf) | Number of Producing Gas Wells | Gas Vented or Flared (Bcf) | Dry Natural Gas Reserves as of Jan. 1 (Bcf) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5,504,262,217 | 3,016,188,482 | 8,520,450,699 | 98,709 | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | 4,994,492,977 | 2,552,534,424 | 7,547,027,401 | 99,471 | 97.9 | 105,618 |
| 2016 | 5,665,460,199 | 2,441,816,307 | 8,107,276,506 | 101,339 | 86.1 | n/a |
| 2015 | 5,981,851,465 | 2,323,095,582 | 8,304,947,047 | 103,526 | 114.4 | 78.866 |
| 2014 | 6,201,652,554 | 1,969,576,950 | 8,171,229,504 | 104,074 | 90.6 | 97,154 |
| 2013 | 6,246,415,524 | 1,478,703,301 | 7,725,118,825 | 103,445 | 76.5 | 90,349 |
| 2012 | 5,935,203,512 | 1,197,035,812 | 7,132,239,324 | 102,218 | 47.8 | 86,924 |
| 2011 | 6,144,991,447 | 906,602,764 | 7,051,594,211 | 101,831 | 35.4 | 98,165 |
| 2010 | 6,421,714,842 | 824,327,236 | 7,246,042,078 | 101,653 | 39.9 | 88,997 |
| 2009 | 6,804,617,582 | 768,415,308 | 7,573,032,890 | 101,097 | 41.2 | 80,424 |
| 2008 | 6,539,009,146 | 732,805,415 | 7,271,814,561 | 96,502 | 42.8 | 77,546 |
| 2007 | 5,715,537,597 | 705,837,400 | 6,421,374,997 | 88,311 | 36.9 | 72,091 |
| 2006 | 5,390,179,617 | 687,606,318 | 6,077,785,935 | 83,218 | 43.4 | 61,836 |
| 2005 | 5,012,083,535 | 688,529,179 | 5,700,612,714 | 76,510 | 38.9 | 56,507 |
| 2004 | 4,892,609,499 | 924,617,250 | 5,817,226,749 | 72,237 | 27.1 | 49,955 |
| 2003 | 4,832,295,310 | 837,916,652 | 5,671,689,242 | 68,488 | 23.9 | 45,730 |
| 2002 | 4,781,077,461 | 830,880,242 | 5,611,957,703 | 65,686 | 27.5 | 44,297 |
| 2001 | 4,819,912,750 | 848,689,541 | 5,668,602,291 | 63,598 | 27.0 | 43,527 |
| 2000 | 4,776,483,547 | 869,308,462 | 5,645,792,009 | 60,486 | 32.2 | 42,082 |
| 1999 | 4,660,211,042 | 878,718,388 | 5,538,929,430 | 59,088 | 35.2 | 37,581 |
| 1998 | 4,803,638,408 | 968,441,421 | 5,772,079,829 | 58,436 | 41.1 | 37,761 |
| 1997 | 4,742,580,593 | 1,072,164,140 | 5,814,744,733 | 56,736 | 48.2 | 38,270 |
| 1996 | 4,676,681,555 | 1,093,573,093 | 5,770,254,648 | 55,052 | 45.6 | 36,540 |
| 1995 | 4,525,846,369 | 1,146,258,760 | 5,672,105,129 | 53,612 | 46.4 | 35,974 |
| 1994 | 4,459,255,187 | 1,216,493,083 | 5,675,748,270 | 52,614 | 42.3 | 34,718 |
| 1993 | 4,299,008,314 | 1,307,489,407 | 5,606,497,721 | 50,794 | 34.6 | 35,093 |
| 1992 | 4,131,085,507 | 1,305,322,101 | 5,436,407,608 | 49,839 | 19.8 | 36,174 |
| 1991 | 4,210,356,522 | 1,299,633,025 | 5,509,989,547 | 49,825 | 30.8 | 38,192 |
| 1990 | 4,240,534,816 | 1,293,235,723 | 5,533,770,539 | 49,989 | 28.4 | 38,381 |
| 1989 | 4,274,134,077 | 1,321,055,903 | 5,595,189,980 | 50,017 | 29.9 | 38,167 |
| 1988 | 4,333,737,533 | 1,368,906,203 | 5,702,643,736 | 49,577 | 32.0 | 38,711 |
| 1987 | 4,161,849,537 | 1,354,374,692 | 5,516,224,229 | 42,674 | 29.5 | 40,574 |
| 1986 | 4,227,769,500 | 1,435,721,098 | 5,663,490,598 | 42,007 | 26.2 | 41,775 |
| 1985 | 4,315,171,102 | 1,489,926,929 | 5,805,098,031 | 43,624 | 30.9 | 49,883 |
| 1984 | 4,374,378,526 | 1,489,845,298 | 5,864,223,824 | 44,471 | 32.4 | 50,052 |
| 1983 | 4,227,636,672 | 1,415,546,191 | 5,643,182,863 | 44,111 | 28.6 | 49,757 |
| 1982 | 4,721,572,710 | 1,392,277,794 | 6,113,850,504 | 42,772 | 33.2 | 50,469 |
| 1981 | 5,376,163,312 | 1,356,878,719 | 6,733,042,031 | 40,153 | 33.1 | 50,287 |
| 1980 | 5,675,595,010 | 1,322,296,207 | 6,997,891,217 | 37,345 | 29.0 | 53,021 |
| 1979 | 5,775,570,824 | 1,340,247,339 | 7,115,818,163 | 35,377 | 27.5 | 55,583 |
| 1978 | 5,690,601,922 | 1,386,498,376 | 7,077,100,298 | 33,157 | 25.7 | 56,422 |
| 1977 | 6,150,029,884 | 1,414,605,290 | 7,564,635,174 | 31,434 | 27.5 | 64,651 |
| 1976 | 6,247,330,373 | 1,460,988,470 | 7,708,318,843 | 28,026 | 30.6 | 71,036 |
| 1975 | 6,491,849,189 | 1,560,262,733 | 8,052,111,922 | 26,184 | 31.5 | 78,540 |
| 1974 | 7,068,268,065 | 1,839,160,750 | 8,907,428,815 | 24,635 | 34.6 | 84,936 |
| 1973 | 7,322,579,995 | 2,018,102,992 | 9,340,682,987 | 23,595 | 41.9 | 95,042 |
| 1972 | 7,450,363,616 | 2,152,266,013 | 9,602,629,629 | 23,373 | 60.1 | 101,472 |
| 1971 | 7,367,204,617 | 2,203,426,957 | 9,570,631,574 | 23,280 | 70.6 | 106,352 |
| 1970 | 7,204,522,710 | 2,245,335,308 | 9,449,858,018 | 23,417 | 100.9 | 112,392 |
| 1969 | 6,838,026,114 | 2,125,458,089 | 8,963,484,203 | 23,689 | 112.1 | 119,001 |
| 1968 | 6,512,818,553 | 2,100,053,643 | 8,612,872,196 | 23,805 | 125.3 | 125,415 |
| 1967 | 6,314,445,633 | 2,022,348,049 | 8,336,793,682 | 23,760 | 130.1 | 123,609 |
| 1966 | 6,258,199,039 | 1,839,765,501 | 8,097,964,540 | 23,716 | 110.2 | 120,616 |
| 1965 | 6,132,764,258 | 1,721,780,862 | 7,854,545,120 | 23,570 | 104.0 | 118,855 |
| 1964 | 5,846,879,988 | 1,707,287,547 | 7,554,167,535 | 22,995 | 117.5 | 117,809 |
| 1963 | 5,530,700,927 | 1,682,973,822 | 7,213,674,749 | 22,016 | 133.0 | 119,503 |
| 1962 | 5,258,336,700 | 1,647,302,820 | 6,905,639,520 | 20,834 | 129.2 | 119,838 |
| 1961 | 5,126,897,899 | 1,667,118,864 | 6,794,016,763 | 19,831 | 125.5 | 119,489 |
| 1960 | 5,017,874,190 | 1,657,295,605 | 6,675,169,795 | 18,612 | 131.2 | 120,475 |
| 1959 | 4,707,673,353 | 1,714,236,548 | 6,421,909,901 | 16,752 | 154.7 | 115,045 |
| 1958 | 4,383,259,164 | 1,666,868,115 | 6,050,127,279 | 15,349 | 161.9 | 113,084 |
| 1957 | 4,209,022,841 | 1,827,840,669 | 6,036,863,510 | 13,681 | 220.5 | 112,728 |
| 1956 | 4,196,274,738 | 1,808,459,532 | 6,004,734,270 | 12,503 | 268.2 | 108,287 |
| 1955 | 4,061,169,733 | 1,679,288,713 | 5,740,458,446 | 11,793 | 270.2 | 105,129 |
| 1954 | 3,955,492,811 | 1,555,169,157 | 5,510,661,968 | 11,224 | 255.3 | 106,529 |
| 1953 | 3,835,635,847 | 1,479,135,184 | 5,314,771,031 | 10,257 | 297.3 | 105,732 |
| 1952 | 3,779,106,990 | 1,310,269,791 | 5,089,376,781 | 9,202 | 184.4 | 105,653 |
| 1951 | 3,518,486,197 | 1,155,049,259 | 4,673,535,456 | 8,296 | 47.4 | 102,404 |
| 1950 | 3,099,606,096 | 924,570,897 | 4,024,176,993 | 7,310 | 28.4 | 99,170 |
| 1949 | 2,739,790,600 | 770,732,048 | 3,510,522,648 | 6,493 | 41.9 | 95,708 |
| 1948 | 2,540,917,386 | 707,303,721 | 3,248,221,107 | 5,570 | 102.4 | 90,025 |
| 1947 | 2,231,430,080 | 706,070,607 | 2,937,500,687 | 5,438 | 97.8 | 86,363 |
| 1946 | 2,098,867,220 | 664,545,023 | 2,763,412,243 | 5,122 | 108.5 | 78,306 |
| 1945 | 2,065,266,423 | 599,911,322 | 2,665,177,745 | 4,658 | 119.0 | |
| 1944 | 1,907,704,332 | 527,013,593 | 2,434,717,925 | 3,962 | 111.6 | |
| 1943 | 1,683,920,809 | 438,647,209 | 2,122,568,018 | 3,800 | 91.1 | |
| 1942 | 1,508,794,000 | 402,328,000 | 1,911,122,000 | 3,685 | 82.0 | |
| 1941 | 1,382,830,000 | 427,462,000 | 1,810,292,000 | 3,553 | 101.1 | |
| 1940 | 1,087,089,000 | 452,238,000 | 1,539,327,000 | 3,403 | 132.7 | |
| 1939 | 872,286,000 | 442,773,000 | 1,315,059,000 | 3,246 | 142.4 | |
| 1938 | 705,908,000 | 393,367,000 | 1,099,275,000 | 3,158 | 137.2 | |
| 1937 | 658,713,000 | 335,175,000 | 993,888,000 | 2,943 | 91.3 | |
| 1936 | 575,275,000 | 269,463,000 | 844,738,000 | 2,717 | 100.8 | |
| 1935 | 642,366,000 | |||||
| 1934 | 602,976,000 | |||||
| 1933 | 475,691,000 | |||||
| 1932 | 456,832,000 |