REPORT: Thieves make off with $2 million worth of oil and gas in Texas
How many barrels of oil do you think you could steal in a month, y'know, if you were into that sort of thing? Ten people in West Texas have been arrested recently for stealing about $2 million worth of oil and gas condensate, and a local sheriff said that the thieves were able to steal 8,000 barrels of oil during a single month. That's good for a lot of trips to the grocery store.
Actually, the thieves were not stealing the fuel to use themselves. Instead, the men stole the barrels and then sold them the "oil and gas to buyers who didn't know of the theft," according to The Associated Press. What, did they say the barrels just happened to fall off the back of a truck? We'll probably learn more soon, as the men were arrested following a seven-month investigation. There's got to be some good information in upcoming court filings, right?
[Source: The Associated Press | Image: AFP/Getty]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
13enS 11:08AM (7/03/2009)
Desperate times call for desperate measures... $2M though!? wow!
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e46_M3 1:10PM (7/03/2009)
2 FAST 2 FURIOUS 2009 PREDICTED THIS
LMAO
Rick C. 2:20PM (7/03/2009)
This is so Mad Max, at least the part about gangs (crooks) and gas:
...For reasons long forgotten, two mighty warrior tribes went to war and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. Without fuel they were nothing. They'd built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked but nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled, the cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men. On the roads it was a white-line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice...
Tim 4:26AM (7/04/2009)
Looks like Sarah Palin has found a new job already.
Aloysius Vampa 11:11AM (7/03/2009)
Good... job?
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Justin 5:04PM (7/03/2009)
Good job? I will remember to laugh my ass off when someone like Madoff rips your 2 million dollars off.
Aloysius Vampa 8:50PM (7/03/2009)
What are you babbling about?
Randy 3:03AM (7/04/2009)
I'm not sure where the "good job" questioning was targeted but.....
I think if they got away with it, it would have been kinda cool.
A. The oil companies get a kick in the nuts from loss of their oil
B. The insurance companies get a kick in the nuts for paying for it
C. We get a kick in the nuts because we ultimately pay for everything so wait... NO it's not cool. Damn it.. I want my damn tax dollar back ... LOL
CMDR 11:21AM (7/03/2009)
Did they use specially rigged semi trucks? One bald, one latina - did they nearly get crushed when the exploding semi rig was tumbling down the hill?
It sounds like Dominic Torretto is up to it again boss!
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Sean 11:24AM (7/03/2009)
In related news, gas prices jumped $.75/gallon due to the massive shortages caused by the dastardly heist.
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Justin 11:33AM (7/03/2009)
In national news, the missing 8000 barrels of low hydrocarbon fuel went unnoticed against the 20,000,000 barrels the US consumes.... daily.
paul34 12:01PM (7/03/2009)
In other news, authorities report that area man Justin has a critical lack of "humor." More at 11.
Justin 11:28AM (7/03/2009)
Oil isn't shipped in barrels, its measured in barrels. The condensate was probably offloaded, at night, from production tanks (the tanks nearest an oil well) in to large transport trucks (that do legal transport by day) and sold to purchasers.
Condensate condenses out of the raw gas if the temperature is reduced to below the hydrocarbon dew point temperature of the raw gas. (wikipedia).
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HotRodzNKustoms 11:27AM (7/03/2009)
Reminds me of this Johnny Cash song:
I got it one piece at a time
And it didn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.
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Dpierre 12:13PM (7/03/2009)
LMAO @ the irony. The oil companies are on the receiving end of he robbery!
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wap224 2:29PM (7/03/2009)
so they only ended up taking enough gas to fill up my Hummer
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whofan 10:37PM (7/03/2009)
Oil companys have been stealing from the customer with their manipulation of prices. So what comes around goes around lol.
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