ODESSA, Texas (AP) — At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The ...

Matta, who represents Odessa's downtown area, said the sports complex is an investment that builds on Odessa’s legacy. “The community has always been about oil and football.

Energy Odessa Stinks! (Literally.) In recent months the West Texas oil town has smelled, in one resident’s words, like “a dog’s anal gland.” And no one is 100 percent sure why.

The number of sites handling hydrogen sulfide has risen steadily across Texas, particularly in the Permian Basin around Odessa, as the hydraulic fracturing boom revitalized the oil business.

ODESSA The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the state’s biggest oil and gas drilling region.

Environmentalists are skeptical. An array of oil pumps operate outside of Tarzan on Sept. 15, 2023. Oil and gas companies released less methane during the extraction phases, according to a new report.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the state’s biggest oil and gas drilling region.

ODESSA, Texas -- At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The ...

ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the state’s biggest oil and gas drilling region.

Texas lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses in the state’s largest oil field.