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Nolan County is a county located in the west-central region of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census , its population was 14,738. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Sweetwater . [ 2 ]
English: This is a locator map showing Nolan County in Texas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Bitter Creek was settled in the early 1880s by the Bardwell and Montgomery families. Bitter Creek is thought to have been located south of present-day Sweetwater, in northeastern Nolan County. [2] In 1923, oil was discovered in Bitter Creek. By the 1950s, its population declined to only five residents.
Jun. 7—AUSTIN — Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for March 2024 came from 163,674 oil wells and 84,739 gas wells, a ...
During the 1980s, vertical wells produced oil in the Wolfcamp area. [10] However, since 2000 in North America, horizontal drilling or porpoising along with hydraulic fracturing have grown tremendously and are tapping the continuous oil reserve. [10]
Sweetwater is the center of the Western Hemisphere's leading wind power generation region and West Texas has more than 4,000 megawatts of operational wind energy. Nolan County alone would currently rank as the eighth-largest "nation" in terms of wind energy generation - with more than 1,500 MW installed. [26]
Texas electricity generation by type, 2001-2024. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Texas had a total summer capacity of 148,900 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 525,562 GWh. [2]
The town of Pecos, just over the New Mexico/Texas border, experienced a population increase from 2010 to 2020, according to U.S. Census Data, with increased oil and gas activity.