(Mid-Continent), an oil and gas basin in the central part of the USA, encompassing Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, eastern Nebraska, southeastern New Mexico, and the Texas Panhandle. The Mid-Continent Region includes two oil and gas basins—the Western Interior Basin of North America and the Permian Basin.

Where is the Mid-Continent Basin?

The Midcontinent Region, consists of 12 provinces in the central part of the United States. Most of the hydrocarbon production and potential are in Oklahoma, Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, and Arkansas, but the region also includes parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

What does Midcontinent mean?

Filters. In or near the middle of a continent. adjective. 2.