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  2. Permian Basin (North America) - Wikipedia

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    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 United States, producing an average of 4.2 million barrels of crude oil per day in 2019. This sedimentary basin is located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. It is named after the Permian geologic ...

  3. Monahans, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Permian Basin, home to Monahans and Midland-Odessa combined statistical area, is 250 miles (400 km) wide and 300 miles (480 km) long; Monahans is "The Center of the Permian Basin". The basin was formed during the Permian period, the final portion of the Paleozoic era. At the time, it was an ocean filled with abundant aquatic life.

  4. Mystery Flesh Pit National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Permian Basin Superorganism is home to a wide variety of "Geo-biological" structures that were popular hiking destinations during the park's tenure. Examples included the Bronchial forests, or the lungs, the Gastric seas, or the digestive areas, the throat of the organism, and more exotic organs such as the 'Ballast pods', which contained a ...

  5. East Texas Oil Field - Wikipedia

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    East Texas Basin stratigraphic column. The primary productive geologic unit is the Cretaceous-age Woodbine Formation, a regional petroleum-bearing unit which had been known since the early part of the 20th century. This sandstone unit was deposited during a period when East Texas was a shallow sea, approximately 100 million years ago.

  6. Erath County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Erath County (/ ˈiːræθ /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the United States Census bureau its population was 42,545 in 2020. [1] The county seat is Stephenville. [2] The county is named for George Bernard Erath, an early surveyor and a soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto.

  7. 5 Jaw Dropping Facts About the Permian Basin - AOL

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    4) The Permian Basin is an investment bonanza According to a research report from Wood Mackenzie, capital spending in the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays alone could top $22 billion by 2018.

  8. Jim Wells County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    UTC−5 (CDT) Congressional district. 15th. Website. www.co.jim-wells.tx.us. Jim Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 38,891. The county was founded in 1911 [1] and is named for James B. Wells Jr. (1850–1923), for three decades a judge and Democratic Party political boss in South Texas.

  9. Permian Basin Area Foundation awards $2.8 million in grants - AOL

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    Nov. 15—MIDLAND — The Permian Basin Area Foundation has awarded $2,816,000 to nonprofit organizations serving West Texans during its fall community grant cycle. "Every one of these grantees ...