Contract employee and truck driver charged with theft of oilfield equipment in Oklahoma

Oklahoma authorities charged a contract employee and a truck driver with the theft of oilfield equipment.

On March 12, 2026, the the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) announced that Clyde Thompson, 48, and Marvin Rogers, 63, were were charged with Larceny of Oilfield Equipment (In Excess of $15,000), Criminal Conspiracy, and Engaging in a Pattern of Criminal Offenses.

OSBI began investigating after Ovintiv Energy reached out on June 9, 2025, to ask for an investigation into the theft of oilfield equipment.

Ovintiv Energy reported that an internal investigation indicated that the equipment was stolen by a contract employee from drilling sites in Dewey, Blaine, Kingfisher, Canadian, Grady, McClain, Stephens, and Garvin Counties.

By reviewing invoices, Ovintiv Energy was able to determine that a large amount of oilfield pipe had gone missing in an area supervised by Thompson, OBSI said. The missing pipe had been removed from wells and should have been taken either to a storage site or another well, but the company was not able to locate any records for the transport of the used pipe.

OBSI agents spoke to local farmers and a steel company and learned that Thompson had allegedly sold 2,000 joints of pipe to them.

From OSBI:

“OSBI special agents also discovered that most of the pipe missing from Ovintiv drilling sites was transported by Monster Services, driven by 63-year-old Marvin Rogers. The OSBI interviewed Rogers, who admitted to falsifying load tickets when hauling equipment for Thompson. Invoices from Monster Trucking revealed that the transport of stolen pipe cost Ovintiv approximately $43,000 in transport costs. Rogers confirmed the locations where pipe was taken, based upon his review of the load tickets he had prepared.“

Thompson and Rogers turned themselves in to the Dewey County Sheriff’s Office after an arrest warrant was issued.

“The OSBI appreciates Ovintiv Energy and the Dewey County Sheriff’s Office for their continued assistance with this investigation,” the agency said.