Oil and gas production in Texas peaked in 1972, but the state still contributed 28 percent of oil production and 33 percent of gas production in the United States in 1984.
Large areas of offshore Texas remain unexplored even though sedimentary facies and structural traps favor the generation and accumulation of hydrocarbons.
Characterization of 500 of the largest Texas oil reservoirs permits grouping into plays of similar geology and common engineering and production attributes.
