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The Permian Basin comprises several component basins, including the Midland Basin, which is the largest; Delaware Basin, the second largest; and Marfa Basin, the smallest. The Permian Basin covers more than 86,000 square miles (220,000 km 2), [1] and extends across an area approximately 250 miles (400 km) wide and 300 miles (480 km) long. [2]
Located in the Permian Basin in West Texas, Midland is a major center for American oil and natural gas production. 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]
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 ...
Map of the basins, reefs and platforms that make up the Permian Basin in West Texas. The Val Verde Basin is a marginal foreland basin located in West Texas, just southeast of the Midland Basin. The Val Verde is a sub-basin of the larger Permian Basin and is roughly 24–40 km wide by 240 km long. [1]
May 15—MIDLAND — Permian Basin Area Foundation has awarded $1,346,000 to nonprofit organizations serving West Texans during its spring community grant cycle. Grants Officer Raymond Williams ...
Odessa American, Texas. January 3, 2024 at 11:46 AM. Jan. 3—MIDLAND — Permian Basin Area Foundation has announced the opening of the 2024-2025 scholarship cycle.
The Midland–Odessa area, informally known as The Petroplex, akin to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, is located along Interstate 20 in West Texas in a petroleum rich area called the Permian Basin. The Permian Basin extends into the South Plains region just south of Lubbock, Texas, extending westward into southeastern New Mexico.
Permian rocks are the best-known of the Texas Paleozoic. They are widespread in north Texas, where their characteristic red beds are spectacularly exposed in Palo Duro Canyon. The strata are also oil-rich where buried in west Texas, such as in the Midland and Odessa region. This crude oil-rich area is known as the Permian Basin.