Austin, Texas – Texans for Natural Gas, a campaign of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), released its annual flaring report, “U.S. Permian and Texas See Record Production While Cutting Flaring Intensity By Half or More,” today. The report analyzes flaring emissions in the U.S., Permian and Texas, highlighting the continued dedication of oil and gas producers in keeping emissions low while continuing to set new production records.
“The level of flaring reductions the industry has been able to accomplish over the past five years is very significant, in some regions it’s been nearly halved. Achievements to that degree don’t just happen. It’s proof that the industry’s commitment to the environment wasn’t just a talking point, but rather clear action in the way it operates and invests in its business,” Ed Longanecker, president of TIPRO, said.
The analysis found that since 2019, U.S. flaring intensity declined 45 percent, falling from 3.86 m³/bbl to 2.12 m³/bbl in 2024. Notably, those improvements occurred while production grew 8 percent. Much of the progress was driven by Texas and the Permian Basin, two regions that saw record production growth while flaring intensities fell 50 and 62 percent, respectively, from 2019 levels.
Production volumes in the Permian and Texas exceeded that of many major oil-producing nations in the Middle East and in the Americas. The Permian produced 6.3 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude, while Texas broke through a new billion barrel threshold for the first time, producing over 2 billion barrels of oil annually. Early 2025 data indicates both regions will keep production high, and the Permian will once again account for 48 percent of U.S. oil production.
“Record production output across the United States, supported in major part by the hardworking people in Texas and the Permian Basin, highlights our industry’s ability to meet rising global energy demand, secure energy supplies and provide a stabilizing force to an otherwise volatile global energy market,” Longanecker said.
Key 2024 takeaways from the report:
-Since 2019, the United States has nearly halved its flaring intensity from 3.86 m³/bbl in 2019 to 2.12 m³/bbl in 2024 while still increasing production by 8 percent. Flaring intensity between 2023 and 2024 rose slightly from 2.04 m³/bbl to 2.12 m³/bbl, likely due to a rapid increase in production that outpaced gas takeaway capacity in other producing regions in the country.
-Between 2023 and 2024, Permian Basin production grew by 6 percent, while flaring intensity dropped nearly 10 percent and volumes fell 4 percent. The drop in flaring intensity and volume is largely due to additional pipeline takeaway capacity coming online in the form of new and expansion projects like Matterhorn Express, Gulf Coast Express and Gray Oak.
-Texas surpassed 2 billion barrels of oil production for the first time in history in 2024. Early 2025 production data points to that number growing to 2.1 billion barrels. Between 2019 and 2024, oil production grew 12 percent, while flaring intensity declined by nearly 50 percent.
-Infrastructure development has played a critical role in reducing flaring across the Permian Basin and Texas. Major pipeline projects like Gulf Coast Express, Permian Highway Pipeline and Matterhorn Express that move energy products from major production regions to markets like the Texas Gulf Coast have expanded natural gas takeaway capacity and reduced flaring during production.
To read the full report, click here.
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