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Permian Basin Oil Workers Face Possible Bust As Global Oil Markets Crash

Mitch Borden

By Mitch BordenIn West Texas, the Permian Basin is home to America’s largest oil field, where just about everyone depends on the energy industry. But with…

Harvey Closures Could Threaten to Strand Permian Basin Oil

Bayla Metzger

More than 500 miles from the flooding in Houston, oil fields in the Permian Basin are dry – but that doesn’t mean that they won’t feel the impact of…

Report Finds Permian Pipeline Infrastructure Will Meet Production Boom

Carlos Morales

A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration finds the increased oil infrastructure in the Permian Basin will be able to meet the area’s…

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Mexican Venture Capital Seeks Permian Basin Opportunity Amid Oil Downturn

Marfa Public Radio

ODESSA, Texas -- Mexican venture capital is hovering over distressed energy companies in the Permian Basin of Texas, the nation’s highest-producing…

Theft In The Oilfields Of Texas and New Mexico Traced To Borderland Mexico

Marfa Public Radio

The decline in the price of crude oil is translating into job losses in the oilfields of Texas and New Mexico. And that means there’s renewed focus on an…