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Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists

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Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists Fortune

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • VLO Valero

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • MPC Marathon Petroleum

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration

    A fund of oil and gas producers

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of energy companies

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    This fund moves with oil prices

  • OIH VanEck Oil Services

    Oilfield services rise when drilling follows oil prices

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
XOM———————
CVX-2.61%-3.22%—+1.43%+2.75%+4.76%+3.48%
OXY-2.97%-3.14%—+1.72%+2.59%+2.20%+0.96%
COP-4.28%-3.18%—+2.57%+5.07%+6.13%+5.67%
VLO———————
MPC-4.71%-2.77%—+0.99%+4.89%+6.56%+4.75%
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH+1.60%-1.76%—+0.08%+0.59%-1.55%-3.03%

Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists Fortune

Source: Fortune

United States Oil Fund (USO) compared with energy stocks (XLE) since 11 Oct 2026

Since the first closing price after “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +6.44%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a +7.91% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +2.70%, a +3.74% difference versus that group of stocks.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
COPthat day+2.57%final price
COPthe next day+5.07%final price
COPtwo days later+6.13%final price
COPthree days later+5.67%final price
COPthree days earlier-3.18%final price
COPfive days earlier-4.28%final price
CVXthat day+1.43%final price
CVXthe next day+2.75%final price
CVXtwo days later+4.76%final price
CVXthree days later+3.48%final price
CVXthree days earlier-3.22%final price
CVXfive days earlier-2.61%final price
MPCthat day+0.99%final price
MPCthe next day+4.89%final price
MPCtwo days later+6.56%final price
MPCthree days later+4.75%final price
MPCthree days earlier-2.77%final price
MPCfive days earlier-4.71%final price
OIHthat day+0.08%final price
OIHthe next day+0.59%final price
OIHtwo days later-1.55%final price
OIHthree days later-3.03%final price
OIHthree days earlier-1.76%final price
OIHfive days earlier+1.60%final price
OXYthat day+1.72%final price
OXYthe next day+2.59%final price
OXYtwo days later+2.20%final price
OXYthree days later+0.96%final price
OXYthree days earlier-3.14%final price
OXYfive days earlier-2.97%final price
USO
SPY
XLE

United States Oil Fund (USO) filings in this energy story

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story

Companies tied to this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • BNO United States Brent Oil Fund

    In “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 11 Oct 2026 story “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf

    In “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    In “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AMPY Amplify Energy

    In “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    In “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BE Bloom Energy

    Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 11 Oct 2026 story “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists.” Reason on file: GA selected BE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link

United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists,” the 11 Oct 2026 Energy story.

What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

A second company, United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO), is listed for a different reason: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

What this energy story puts on the calendar

BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.

The energy score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Oil theft is on the rise in the heart of U.S. shale country—and it's mostly carried out in targeted, organized heists” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.