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At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler County ...

Texas lawmakers hope a series of new laws will help end oil field thefts in West Texas. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about ...

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ODESSA — At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler ...

Texas lawmakers have approved bills creating task forces to address oil field theft in the Permian Basin. The task forces, formed by the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Railroad Commission, ...