TEXAS ENERGY QUICK FACTS

• Texas is the leading crude oil-producing State in the Nation (excluding Federal offshore areas, which produce more than any single State).  
• The State’s signature type of crude oil, known as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), remains the major benchmark of crude oil in the Americas.  
• Texas’s 27 petroleum refineries can process more than 4.7 million barrels of crude oil per day, and they account for more than one-fourth of total U.S. refining capacity.  
• Approximately three-tenths of total U.S. natural gas production occurs in Texas, making it the Nation’s leading natural gas producer.  Natural gas-fired power plants typically account for about one-half of the electricity produced in Texas and coal-fired plants account for much of the remaining generation.
• Texas also leads the Nation in wind-powered generation capacity; there are over 2,000 wind turbines in West Texas alone.  
• Texas produces and consumes more electricity than any other State, and per capita residential use is significantly higher than the national average.

Source:  EIA.  Data updated as of 2 December 2010