Natural Gas Production and Well Counts (1935-2011)

History of Texas Intial Crude Oil, Annual Production and Producing Wells

Please 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, actual gas well gas production for 2009 was 6,804,617,582,000 cubic feet. Also, actual gas vented or flared in 2008 was 42,800,000,000 cubic feet.

Year	Gas Well Gas Production (in thousands of cubic feet (Mcf))	Casinghead Gas Production (in thousands of cubic feet (Mcf))	Total Natural Gas Production (in thousands of cubic feet (Mcf))	Number of Producing Gas Wells	Gas Vented or Flared (in billions of cubic feet (Bcf))	Natural Gas Reserves as of Jan. 1 (in billions of cubic feet (Bcf))
2011	6,144,991,447	906,602,764	7,051,594,211	101,831	35.4	n/a
2010	6,421,714,842	824,327,236	7,246,042,078	101,653	39.9	n/a
2009	6,804,617,582	768,415,308	7,573,032,890	101,097	41.5	85,034
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