Texas News A More Predictable Boom-Bust Cycle Gives Permian Basin Cities Room To Plan For The Future KWBU | By Rhonda Fanning Published September 18, 2019 at 4:19 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:35 Gabriel C. Pérez/Texas Standard Industrial construction equipment in Midland, TX. An economist says disruptions in the global oil market are now just a “blip,” because of steady Permian Basin production.