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The Permian Basin International Oil Show is a biennial trade show exposition which is hosted in the city of Odessa, Texas, US, at the Ector County Coliseum on every even numbered year. [1] [2] It showcases the latest technology in the petroleum industry and also honors the industry’s past. It is one of the largest expositions of its kind. [3]
The Permian Basin Fair is held each year at the Ector County Coliseum. It is home to the Odessa Jackalopes (North American Hockey League), [1] the West Texas Warbirds (Arena Football League), the Sand Hills Rodeo, and the biennial Permian Basin International Oil Show.
Midland is the principal city of the Midland, Texas metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Midland County, the population of which was 169,983 in the 2020 U.S. Census. [6] The metropolitan area is part of the larger Midland–Odessa combined statistical area, which had a population of 340,391 in the 2020 census. [7]
May 6—Last week, the Midland Chamber of Commerce and Odessa Chamber of Commerce co-hosted their 2024 Washington Fly-in presented by Diamondback Energy. Beginning in 2022, this is the second ...
Midland–Odessa is a metropolitan area located in The Texas Plains approximately half-way between El Paso and Fort Worth, Texas.This combined statistical area (CSA) is made up of two metropolitan statistical areas (the Midland MSA and the Odessa MSA) and one micropolitan statistical area (Andrews μSA), and comprises four counties: Andrews, Ector, Martin, and Midland counties.
Odessa (/ ˌ oʊ ˈ d ɛ s ə /) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Ector County with portions extending into Midland County. [5]Odessa's population was 114,428 at the 2020 census, making it the 34th-largest city in Texas; it is the principal city of the Odessa metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Ector County.
Significant discoveries included the Embrar oil field (1942), the TXL oil field (1944), the Dollarhide oil field (1945), and the Block 31 oil field (1945). [ 35 ] : 200–201, 230–231 [ 36 ] In 1966, the production of the Permian Basin measured 600 million barrels of oil, along with 2.3 trillion cubic ft of gas, which totaled $2 billion.
The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres (57,000 ha) and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside Alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930. [ 1 ]