From North Texas to Laredo, and from far West Texas to the Gulf Coast — Texas is blessed with an abundance of oil and gas.
In fact, Texas has more oil and gas than any other state, comprising five major oil and gas formations: Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, Barnett Shale, Haynesville Shale, and the Granite Wash.
Texas’ oil and gas industry has wrangled in billions of dollars becoming the backbone of the Texas economy.
But just how big of an impact does oil and gas have in Texas? We took a look at the data to find out.