As Permian Basin crude oil production growth begins to moderate, operators active in the region may want to shift their focus ...

U.S. Geological Survey, "Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Permian Basin Province of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico," February 2008. Britannica, "Permian Basin," May 25 2015 ...

U.S. Geological Survey, "Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Permian Basin Province of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico," February 2008; Britannica, "Permian Basin," May 25 2015 ...

West Texas’s Permian Basin will be the only U.S. oil-producing area to see an increase in production this year, with the number of wells there rising by more than 30% and outpacing major basins ...

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Massive amounts of methane are venting into the atmosphere ...

The Perryman Group study found that all but one of the 22 counties in the Permian have significantly lower literacy skills than the state average of 40 percent for Texas and 39 percent for New Mexico.