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The Western Permian Basin

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In West Texas and southwestern New Mexico lies the Permian Basin, one of the most productive oil and gas basins in the United States. USGS has assessed both conventional and continuous oil and gas resources throughout the Permian Basin. These assessments, as well as other USGS energy research for the Permian Basin, can be found here.

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