Permian Basin
Permian Basin is in the Big Bend Country of Texas. This region includes Upton County, Crane County, Loving County, Ward County, Winkler County, Ector County, and Midland County.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Odessa and Midland.
Odessa
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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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