Liam Denning, Columnist

Oil Barons Find Narnia in West Texas

The rush for Permian shale gets even more crowded.

August 26, 2016 at 5:28 PM UTC

Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.

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If you happen to find a battered, exhausted oil baron slumped in a dark corner (and who doesn't from time to time?), just whisper this one word in their ear to revive them:

"Permian."