Goldman Commodities Sachs Research Oil Analyst Good Well Hunting: Slower But Still Robust Permian Growth While US oil production exceeded all expectations last year, the recent decline in the rig count has raised concerns over the supply outlook for the world's marginal producer. We build a model of crude production in the Permian-the world's largest oil basin-using well-level and state-level production data. We conclude that production growth in the maturing Permian is likely to gradually slow down from an ...