Four earthquakes over a span of five minutes were reported in Toyah, Texas, which is in Reeves County, according to the USGS Earthquake Map. The first one was a 5.0 magnitude earthquake ...

Drilling activity declined for the first time in three weeks, while Permian Basin activity ... Reeves County added two rigs for 28 at work within county lines. Martin County reported 25 rigs ...

A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that ... a string of catastrophic incidents with old oil wells in the Permian Basin of West Texas, some plugged and others not.

The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin. A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the ...