Delaware Basin
Geologic depositional and structural basin in West Texas and southern New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the region in New Mexico. For other uses, see Delaware Basin (disambiguation).
The Delaware Basin is a geologic depositional and structural basin in West Texas and southern New Mexico, famous for holding large oil fields and for a fossilized reef exposed at the surface. Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Carlsbad Caverns National Park protect part of the basin. It is part of the larger Permian Basin, itself contained within the Mid-Continent oil province.