Oil and Gas Overview: Shelby County, Texas

Shelby County, Texas is a prolific producer of natural gas. Besides oil and gas drilling, there are other impactful activities such as pipeline construction, oil and gas trucking, natural gas flaring, land clearing, and the like. What’s that odd smell in the air? Hopefully not Hydrogen Sulfide…It is a potentially deadly gas sometimes found around oil and gas well sites. 

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Shelby County quick facts

County Seat: Center, Texas

Population: Around 24,000

Oil Production: n/a of all Texas Counties

Gas Production: 31st of all Texas Counties

(Sept 2024 production numbers)