Delaware Basin

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The Delaware Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southeastern New Mexico and western Texas known for its extensive oil and gas reserves and thick Permian-age evaporite deposits.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Delaware Basin canonical 9
Delaware Basin play 1
Delaware Basin region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic basin
sedimentary basin
basinType foreland basin
boundedBy Central Basin Platform
Glass Mountains
linked to: Davis Mountains

Northwest Shelf
contains carbonate rocks
clastic sedimentary rocks
conventional carbonate reservoirs
evaporite deposits
unconventional shale reservoirs
country United States
depositionalEnvironment deep-water basin during Permian
restricted marine basin
economicImportance major U.S. natural gas production area
major U.S. oil production area
formedDuring Late Paleozoic
geologicAge Permian
hasPart Bell Canyon Formation
Brushy Canyon Formation
Capitan Reef complex
Castile Formation
Cherry Canyon Formation
Delaware Mountain Group
Rustler Formation
Salado Formation
hasResource brine
potash (in associated evaporites)
hydrocarbonProvince natural gas
oil
knownFor extensive natural gas reserves
extensive oil reserves
thick Permian-age evaporite deposits
locatedIn southeastern New Mexico
western Texas
linked to: West Texas
overlainBy Cenozoic sediments
partOf North American craton margin
Permian Basin
region West Texas oil and gas fields
southeastern New Mexico oil and gas fields
stratigraphyIncludes Guadalupian Series
linked to: Guadalupian Epoch

Leonardian Series
Wolfcampian Series
studiedFor Permian reef and basin evolution
evaporite deposition processes
hydrocarbon system modeling
underlies Guadalupe Mountains
part of the Delaware Mountains

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant locatedIn Delaware Basin
Permian Basin contains Delaware Basin
Guadalupe Mountains partOf Delaware Basin
Central Basin Platform overlies Delaware Basin
Central Basin Platform separates Delaware Basin
Bone Spring Formation locatedIn Delaware Basin
Bone Spring Formation basin Delaware sub-basin of the Permian Basin
linked to: Delaware Basin
Wolfcamp Formation isMajorComponentOf Delaware Basin play
linked to: Delaware Basin
Wolfcamp Formation subBasin Delaware Basin
Guadalupe Peak geologicProvince Delaware Basin region
linked to: Delaware Basin
southeastern New Mexico contains Delaware Basin