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Permian Basin
Midland, United States31.87°N 102.03°W
computed criticality11/100
reading
~6% of world oil; heart of US shale
2024Fault line
The Permian carries most of US oil growth and has made the United States the world's top producer. Its output, which declines fast per well, requires constant drilling: it is a flow more than a stock.
Actors
ExxonMobil
Chevron
Occidental
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Sabine Pass LNG terminalChokepoints↗Sources
EIA, Drilling Productivity Report 2024