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Texas gas flaring and venting

Texas leases reported 114,872,309 MCF of gas vented or flared to the Railroad Commission in the 12 months Aug 2025 to Jul 2026: 0.84% of the 13,703,962,272 MCF of gas they produced, from 34,410 leases. By county, lease and month, from RRC disposition code 4.

Texas gas vented or flared (MCF per month, last 36 months)

Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 are provisional (lighter bars) and usually rise as late reports arrive.

The largest volumes were reported in Reeves, Howard and Martin counties. The highest month in the last three years, among months not marked provisional, was Apr 2026 at 14,229,220 MCF.

Flaring and venting by county, last 12 months

#	County	Vented or flared (MCF)	Share of county gas	Leases reporting any
1	Reeves	13,348,200	1.1%	3,088
2	Howard	10,877,363	2.7%	1,303
3	Martin	9,119,480	1.2%	2,972
4	Midland	7,259,400	0.7%	2,855
5	Ward	6,829,011	3.0%	997
6	Upton	6,817,333	1.4%	1,911
7	Reagan	6,111,850	1.1%	1,533
8	Loving	5,488,292	0.8%	1,715
9	Andrews	5,223,799	3.3%	1,238
10	Culberson	3,423,482	0.6%	739
11	Winkler	3,314,938	3.9%	403
12	Ector	3,102,011	6.7%	497
13	Yoakum	2,963,778	5.2%	217
14	Crane	2,781,217	4.2%	345
15	La Salle	2,731,835	0.8%	2,078
16	Karnes	2,359,090	0.9%	1,874
17	McMullen	2,040,406	1.0%	833
18	Dimmit	1,777,967	0.9%	2,174
19	Irion	1,731,062	1.3%	194
20	Gaines	1,690,719	9.2%	189
21	Glasscock	1,592,231	0.5%	1,096
22	Pecos	1,567,957	1.6%	450
23	Crockett	1,306,752	1.9%	138
24	Cochran	994,919	59.5%	33
25	Garza	826,985	94.9%	54
26	Zavala	759,299	6.8%	148
27	Cass	719,898	43.1%	37
28	Atascosa	718,469	2.8%	691
29	Frio	702,003	5.2%	203
30	Dawson	669,043	3.7%	197
31	Gonzales	524,061	1.5%	820
32	Mitchell	490,822	11.1%	26
33	Live Oak	469,841	0.3%	223
34	Borden	431,004	2.4%	86
35	Maverick	409,828	4.5%	34
36	Milam	326,068	21.0%	44
37	Fisher	303,917	3.5%	57
38	Washington	253,552	0.3%	116
39	Hockley	243,662	3.4%	20
40	Webb	219,219	0.0%	805
41	DeWitt	198,162	0.1%	175
42	Lee	184,324	2.0%	73
43	Duval	182,649	5.2%	40
44	Sterling	128,278	2.9%	165
45	Wilson	127,686	5.8%	186
46	Nolan	117,874	11.5%	14
47	Scurry	102,150	0.2%	38
48	Fayette	95,339	0.2%	71
49	Hardin	80,203	3.9%	6
50	Lavaca	76,903	0.2%	42
51	Upshur	75,846	0.3%	1
52	Burleson	71,119	1.1%	40
53	Stonewall	66,669	8.1%	5
54	Stephens	65,657	1.2%	15
55	Coke	61,103	3.1%	13
56	Galveston	59,644	3.8%	2
57	Terry	47,420	15.4%	22
58	Madison	39,305	1.2%	41
59	Robertson	37,111	0.0%	8
60	Cherokee	34,158	0.3%	2
61	Caldwell	31,153	100.0%	13
62	Montague	30,690	0.1%	526
63	Hartley	28,093	4.9%	4
64	Schleicher	25,791	0.8%	7
65	Wood	23,699	0.1%	15
66	Brazos	22,719	0.4%	45
67	Bee	21,760	0.1%	10
68	Leon	19,627	0.0%	20
69	Kenedy	18,551	0.1%	56
70	Morris	18,293	5.1%	2
71	Willacy	16,998	1.7%	8
72	Archer	16,797	3.6%	3
73	Smith	16,409	0.1%	8
74	Tom Green	16,398	0.6%	21
75	Potter	13,733	0.2%	5
76	Dickens	13,463	97.3%	5
77	Hopkins	12,079	5.2%	2
78	Lynn	11,723	48.0%	2
79	Jefferson	11,169	0.8%	2
80	Cooke	10,555	0.1%	158
81	Kleberg	10,222	0.2%	27
82	Hardeman	9,340	9.9%	5
83	Wharton	9,304	0.2%	4
84	Taylor	9,122	13.0%	4
85	Brooks	6,180	0.1%	16
86	Mustang Is-Sb	5,369	12.7%	5
87	Ochiltree	5,295	0.0%	1
88	Gregg	4,472	0.0%	2
89	Henderson	4,409	0.1%	2
90	Walker	3,952	0.7%	7
91	Franklin	3,921	0.6%	7
92	Liberty	3,916	0.2%	4
93	Oldham	3,657	0.9%	1
94	Brazoria	3,490	0.1%	28
95	Marion	3,420	0.5%	1
96	Refugio	2,930	0.1%	6
97	Starr	2,869	0.0%	10
98	Calhoun	2,760	0.8%	1
99	Tyler	2,422	0.0%	7
100	Chambers	2,409	0.4%	4
101	Fort Bend	2,289	0.1%	12
102	Anderson	2,238	0.1%	35
103	Kent	2,160	0.0%	3
104	Orange	2,147	0.1%	11
105	Newton	2,001	0.1%	2
106	Rusk	1,809	0.0%	5
107	Terrell	1,808	0.0%	1
108	Jim Hogg	1,125	0.0%	2
109	Bastrop	896	3.2%	2
110	Polk	808	0.0%	3
111	Goliad	754	0.0%	1
112	Runnels	537	0.2%	3
113	Colorado	534	0.0%	3
114	Lubbock	503	0.7%	6
115	Carson	459	0.0%	1
116	Harris	350	0.0%	1
117	Shelby	79	0.0%	4
118	Menard	48	3.0%	1
119	Jones	35	0.0%	3
120	Young	26	0.0%	2
121	Matagorda	25	0.0%	1
122	Shackelford	24	0.0%	2
123	Jackson	19	0.0%	2
124	Wichita	19	0.0%	5
125	Panola	18	0.0%	4
126	Navarro	17	0.0%	2
127	Coleman	12	0.0%	1
128	Jack	12	0.0%	1
129	Denton	11	0.0%	1
130	Hansford	11	0.0%	2
131	Ellis	5	0.0%	1
132	Nacogdoches	5	0.0%	1
133	Parker	4	0.0%	1

Lease volumes are reported per lease; for a lease in more than one county we split them in proportion to RRC's county allocation of the lease's gas (2.8% of the statewide volume came from multi-county leases).

Leases with the most gas vented or flared, last 12 months

#	Lease, RRC lease and operator	Vented or flared (MCF)	Share of lease gas
1	ROBERTS UNIToil 19212, district 8A · HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	596,380	50.0%
2	SEALY RANCHoil 50245, district 08 · HALCON OPERATING CO., INC.	559,202	10.0%
3	PAINTBRUSH 27-6-21oil 51695, district 08 · OXY USA WTP LP	554,049	65.9%
4	FAT CHANCE STATE Goil 64367, district 08 · CRESCENT ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	503,573	64.3%
5	BAIRD, W. E.oil 47127, district 08 · BASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC	502,159	25.7%
6	FLYING FORTRESS 98-83oil 62156, district 08 · IRON ORCHARD OPERATING LLC	495,577	21.1%
7	DIANNE CHAPIN 471oil 70607, district 8A · SIXESS ENERGY, LLC	455,305	66.2%
8	RIO CONCHO 35-46 UNIT 2oil 65100, district 08 · DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC	421,437	29.9%
9	FAT CHANCE STATE Foil 64304, district 08 · CRESCENT ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	403,676	67.1%
10	HORNSILVERgas 299917, district 08 · MCM OPERATING, LLC	324,261	36.1%
11	STICKLINEgas 299937, district 08 · MCM OPERATING, LLC	314,724	37.2%
12	CAPRITO 99oil 48488, district 08 · ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION	294,616	77.4%
13	JOBE STATE 2-1gas 301120, district 08 · TARPON RESOURCES, LP	290,673	26.1%
14	RIO BRAZOS 26-15 UNIT 2oil 57740, district 08 · DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC	290,341	8.6%
15	NORTHWEST GARZA UNIToil 61053, district 8A · RJD MANAGEMENT CO., INC.	284,644	100.0%
16	JAMBERSoil 15725, district 01 · MURPHY EXPL. & PROD. CO. - USA	279,132	12.3%
17	WADDELL TR Aoil 05263, district 08 · BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC	266,948	3.7%
18	STATE WHITE ROCKgas 295896, district 08 · LAKEWOOD ENERGY LLC	256,711	23.7%
19	STATE WHITE ROCKgas 296399, district 08 · LAKEWOOD ENERGY LLC	249,166	24.1%
20	HAMILTON RANCHoil 17339, district 01 · JONAH ENERGY LLC	248,043	6.2%
21	YELLOW BELLYoil 58952, district 08 · APACHE CORPORATION	231,748	4.5%
22	CMCoil 71338, district 8A · BERYL OIL AND GAS, LP	231,374	78.1%
23	WEST SAN ANDRES UNIToil 71205, district 8A · RILEY PERMIAN OPERATING CO, LLC	226,713	43.5%
24	SILVER BULLEToil 58459, district 08 · APACHE CORPORATION	214,667	4.3%
25	GUNNISON STATE UNIToil 46875, district 08 · SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC	211,044	46.6%

Linked leases have a page with monthly figures. Operator = latest operator of record. Every lease, including those not listed here, is in the RRC Production Data Query (Specific Lease Query, Disposition).

How to read these numbers

Code 4 is what operators report as gas "vented or flared" on the monthly production report (Form PR). RRC does not report venting and flaring separately in this data.
Flaring can be authorized. RRC's Statewide Rule 32 allows flaring while drilling and for up to 10 days after a well's completion for testing, and RRC can grant exceptions, for example where no pipeline connection exists yet or a gas plant is down (RRC flaring FAQ). A reported volume is not by itself a violation.
Shares compare flared volume with the gas the lease reported producing in the same months (gas well gas plus casinghead gas).
The latest two months are provisional and usually change in later releases.

Source: Texas Railroad Commission Production Data Query dump (posted Sep 27, 2026; the same release as our production figures), lease disposition code 4, "vented or flared" (gas well gas and casinghead gas, MCF), as reported by operators on Form PR. Code 4 combines venting and flaring. RRC rules allow flaring while drilling and for a short time after completion, and by exception for other cases (RRC flaring FAQ), so a reported volume is not by itself a violation. Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 are provisional. How we build this.