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The economy of Houston is based primarily on the energy industry, particularly oil.However, health care, biomedical research, and aerospace also constitute large sectors. In 2021, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 537 U.S. dollars billion, the fourth-largest of any metro area in the United States. [1]
Top 5 oil-producing countries 1980–2022 World oil production This is a list of countries by oil production (i.e., petroleum production), as compiled from the U.S. Energy Information Administration database for calendar year 2023, tabulating all countries on a comparable best-estimate basis.
Brazos Wind Farm, Fluvanna, 2004. Texas has over 150 wind farms, which together have a total nameplate capacity of over 30,000 MW (as of 2020). [5] [6] If Texas were a country, it would rank fifth in the world: [5] The installed wind capacity in Texas exceeds installed wind capacity in all countries but China, the United States, Germany and India.
Par Pacific Holdings is a Houston-based American oil and gas exploration and production company. Known as Par Petroleum Corporation after it emerged from bankruptcy, it was renamed Par Pacific Holdings on October 20, 2015. [4] As of 2017 it was a Fortune 1000 corporation. [5]
(The Center Square) – Job growth in the Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to remain strong, contributing to Texas again leading the U.S. in job growth last month. In October, the ...
As of December 31, 2020, the company had 3.219 billion barrels of oil equivalent (1.969 × 10 10 GJ) of estimated proved reserves, of which 98% was in the United States, 2% was in Trinidad and Tobago, and a negligible amount was in Canada and China. The reserves were 51% petroleum, 22% natural gas liquids, and 27% natural gas. [1]
The economy of the State of Texas is the second largest by GDP in the United States after that of California. It has a gross state product of $2.694 trillion as of 2023. [ 7 ] In 2022, Texas led the nation with the most companies in the Fortune 500 with 53 in total. [ 8 ]
NOV Inc., formerly National Oilwell Varco, is an American multinational corporation based in Houston, Texas.It is a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry.