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plans to introduce a bill in the next few days that is one step in a long-term effort to go after the organized crime networks carrying out costly, wide-scale attacks on large and small oil companies in a region that is the country’s largest oil producer.that the rise in oil theft in the Permian Basin was connected to organized crime groups recruiting illegal immigrants to help steal oil from Texas companies.
Drilling rigs can each contain millions of dollars worth of oil, while trucks can haul hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of oil per load. Trucks have been hijacked, while expensive equipment has also been stolen from sites to be sold for copper pieces.Proud to kick off this year’s Law Enforcement Oil and Gas Investigative Conference.
Oil thieves have recently expanded to stealing gasoline, according to Gonzales, who recalled a conversation with a gas station owner in West Texas. Last week, I met with Winkler County Sheriff Darin Mitchell and Kermit Chief of Police Jaime Ramos to discuss the rise in oil theft in West Texas.Gonzales’s bill will also permanently fund the regional oil theft task force that brings together local, tribal, state, and federal police to investigate — a task force that can only do so much without federal dollars to fund as much work needs to be done. The bill would open up federal funding to boost local police funding.
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