Three decades after oil bust, Permian Basin booms again
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Permian-Basin-Booming-Again-3781623.php#photo-3314867 Three decades after oil bust, Permian Basin booms again BY JOHN MACCORMACK : AUGUST 11, 2012 MIDLAND – Nearly three decades ago, Texas Monthly ran a post mortem on the Texas oil industry with headline reading “So long, it was fun while it lasted,” and a forlorn James Dean figure hitchhiking out of town.