Permian Basin Pump Jacks

Oil pump jacks checker the landscape of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas, a region known as the Permian Basin. This area contains one of the world’s thickest deposits of rock from the Permian geologic period and consequently is the largest petroleum-producing area in the United States. Increased drilling and pumping in recent decades has meant increased production—the Permian Basin accounted for roughly 43% of U.S. oil in 2022, up from 18% in 2013.

Source imagery: NASA / Google Timelapse