Some areas in the Permian have hit geological limits while others, yet to be drilled, are not expected to be as prolific as ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon ...

But the Permian detectives are faced with a host ... as 100,000 years—quicker than the click of a camera shutter on a geologic scale of time. Suspects must be capable of killing with staggering ...

The Permian Basin is the largest oil field on the planet. Tens of thousands of wells dot the 86,000 square landscape that spans West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Crude oil futures gained for a third straight week, as U.S. sanctions against Iranian and Venezuelan oil raised some ...

NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil producers are grappling with geological limits to production ... oil - and may be nearing peak output. The Permian basin was the centerpiece of the shale ...