The crackdown on oilfield theft in Texas is now law,” stated Gov. Greg Abbott, holding aloft one of three oilfield-theft-related bills he signed Thursday in a ceremony at the Petroleum Museum.

Oilfield traffic drives through a lease as a natural gas flare operates in the distance Monday, April 25, 2022, outside of Midland, Texas. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman) Oilfield thefts have become ...