In the booming Permian Basin oil field, a large unincorporated community just outside of the city of Odessa proper has ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

are characteristic of the new oil field. When drivers needed a bathroom, Gonzalez said, “you went out on the land or busted a gut.” The wait times weren’t paid. In Midland-Odessa, people often ...

Oilfield traffic drives through a lease as a natural gas flare operates in the distance Monday, April 25, 2022, outside of Midland ... the appropriation of oil field equipment is unlawful if ...

They're believed to have originated from the Midland Army Airfield, a former training base for bomber pilots and crews located on U.S. Highway 80 halfway between Midland and Odessa in Midland County.

are characteristic of the new oil field. When drivers needed a bathroom, Gonzalez said, “you went out on the land or busted a gut.” The wait times weren’t paid. In Midland-Odessa ...