America's most productive oil patch is now grappling with a hidden threat building beneath its rigs and pump jacks. As drillers chase record output, the Permian Basin is accumulating toxic, high ...

RRC Commissioner Craddick: “Oilfield theft has become increasingly organized and sophisticated, costing Texans millions and threatening the integrity of our state’s energy sector”. As early as the ...

Produced water is mostly brought to the surface from the same underground rock formations, or shale, that yield crude oil and ...

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, ...