Happy Wednesday!
Sorry, we’ve been away for a
couple days. A loss throws you for a
loop is an understate! Don’t forget
sometimes there isn’t always a later or tomorrow go make a call or go hang because
there are no do overs! Let’s get
started!
We all have heard the stories
about the Wild West and Texas, and the adventures of rough-ins, bandits, or cattle
rustlers which herds of cattle disappeared, and stagecoaches and banks were
robbed. We heard of the tales of the Sheriff and his forces had the outlaws cornered in the canyon and they disappeared or
shot their way out. Well, in today’s world rustling isn’t so dramatic,
nonetheless it still happens maybe not herds of cattle, but a couple will go
missing or barrels of petroleum disappear from facilities. Well, today oil field theft has become a problem,
and Texas is establishing a task force to handle it!
Did anyone happen to read The
Houston Chronicle’s Fuel Fix Newsletter on September 8, 2025, they
republished an article from Oil Editor (Midland Reporter-Telegram) titled,
“Texas creates petroleum theft task force”?
In the article they refer to the announcement from the Texas Railroad
Commission. The announcement speaks on how
Senate Bill 494 has established the State Taskforce on Petroleum (STOPTHEFT) which
will be under the Texas Railroad Commission.
STOPTHEFT is a commission made up of 12 commissioners which will be
appointed, and the group must have at a minimum one of each of the following: a
representative from the oil and gas industry, a rep from the energy trade
association, and reps from all applicable jurisdictions of law. The commission will provide their findings to
the governor. The Railroad Commission will be accepting member applications thru September 24, 2025. If you would like to read more of on how to
become a member, please click the link: 090225rrc-accepting-applications-for-stoptheft.
If you would like help in looking
into how to transport your product efficiently, safely, and with less of a
carbon footprint or just find out what is underneath your feet to help with
your emission reduction goals, contact us via email in the Blog and check out
our ESC website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening!
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