Permian Basin
The Permian Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the southwestern part of the United States. It is the highest-producing oil field in the US, producing an average of 4.2 million barrels of crude oil per day in 2019.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Odessa and Midland.
Odessa
Odessa is a city of 120,000 people in West Texas, 20 mi west of its sister city, Midland. Much of the major industry in the area is oil- and gas-related.Midland
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Midland is a city in the Permian Basin region of Texas. Its warm climate, friendly people, and central location are the primary reasons for the city's popularity.
Monahans
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Monahans is a city in Ward and Winkler counties in Texas, United States, that is the county seat of Ward County. A very small portion of the city extends into Winkler County.
Permian Basin
- Type: petroleum and gas basin
- Description: Sedimentary basin in the United States with large mineral and fossil fuel deposits
- Also known as: “American Permian Basin” and “Permian basin”
- Category: sedimentary basin
- Location: Big Bend Country, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
31.69° or 31° 41′ 24″ northLongitude of center
-102.55° or 102° 33′ westWikidata ID
Q2887576
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Permian Basin” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Conca Permiana”
- Chinese: “二叠纪盆地”
- Chinese: “美国二叠纪盆地”
- Dutch: “Permian Basin”
- Esperanto: “Permia Baseno”
- Esperanto: “Usona Permia Baseno”
- French: “Bassin permien américain”
- French: “Bassin permien”
- German: “Permian Basin”
- Hebrew: “אגן פרמיאן”
- Italian: “Bacino Permiano”
- Italian: “Permian Basin”
- Japanese: “パーミアン盆地”
- Korean: “퍼미안 분지”
- Russian: “Пермский бассейн нефтегазоносный”
- Russian: “Пермский бассейн”
- Russian: “Пермский нефтегазоносный бассейн”
- Slovenian: “ameriška permska kotanja”
- Slovenian: “ameriški permski bazen”
- Ukrainian: “Пермський басейн нафтогазоносний”
- Ukrainian: “Пермський нафтогазоносний басейн”
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