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PBOG is the Official Publication of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is published monthly by Zachry Publications, LP.

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How Oil Populated the Permian Basin

April 20, 2020 by PBOG

Population growth created by the first ten years of oil production in the Permian Basin was remarkable. Once the Big Lake field began to develop, a veritable deluge of oil men poured into the Permian Basin. As it turned out, during the mid to late 1920s, that vast lightly inhabited region with no known oil […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, History Tagged With: 100 Years, anniversary, Oil and Gas, permian basin

Born on a Prayer

February 10, 2020 by PBOG

Although completion of the Santa Rita #1 well in Reagan County in 1923 was preceded by the Mitchell County Abrams #1 (1920) and the Loving County Russell #1 (1921), firsts do not necessarily denote the most important. The Santa Rita well, which was in the same 100-barrel production range as those which preceded it, received […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, History Tagged With: 100 Years, anniversary, Oil and Gas, permian basin

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