Top Texas Touts: Energy

Texan ingenuity and technological innovation fuel America’s economic engine.
Texas leads in U.S. energy production, providing nearly one-fourth of the country's domestically produced energy.
Texas is the top U.S. producer of both crude oil and natural gas.
Texas produces more electricity than any other state, generating more than twice as much as the second-highest state.
Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation.
Texas is now the top state for utility-scale solar capacity.
Texas ranks second in the U.S. for LNG exports.
Texas is home to the largest petrochemical workforce cluster in the nation.
The Gulf Coast is the heart of renewable-energy hydrogen infrastructure in the U.S.
The Texas oil and gas industry directly and indirectly supports 1.4 million Texas jobs.
Even as energy production has increased, emissions of key air pollutants continue to decline in the U.S. from 1990 levels.
In Texas, ozone concentrations have decreased by 26% from 2000.
Texas continues to cultivate and pursue diversified industries.

End of 3Q 2024