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<blockquote data-quote="Lastkidpicked" data-source="post: 355213" data-attributes="member: 237">The whole storyline about the Scotfields brings up an interesting idea.&nbsp; With all the enemies that the Ewings created, it&#039;s a wonder this didn&#039;t happen more often.Nowadays, we have security cameras everywhere, but back then it was wide open.&nbsp; There were so many sets of keys floating around that most of the time we never bothered locking anything up.&nbsp; Anybody who was mad at the company could just go in and wreak havoc, but fortunately nobody ever did.The closest thing was that we had was people feeling like the oil companies owed them something and they&#039;d go into the condensate tanks.&nbsp; These are tanks where the fuel vapors are collected and become liquified.[ATTACH=full]44027[/ATTACH]Somebody found out that you could run a pickup truck on this condensate so-- free gasoline!&nbsp; (Or Petrol if you were working for BP or Schlume).&nbsp; &nbsp; Once word got out, everybody who had a beef with the oil companies &quot;settled the score&quot; by helping themselves to this free &quot;fuel&quot;.The funny part?&nbsp; The condensate was so flammable that when you turned your pickup off, the thing would keep running for several minutes until the fuel in the lines was used up.&nbsp;&nbsp; I remember going to the store and while walking through the parking lot, all these pickups were unattended but still running.&nbsp; I could point to every one and say,&quot;That guy stole from the vapor recovery.&nbsp; And THAT guy stole from the vapor recovery.&quot;&nbsp; It was so obvious that it was really pretty funny.I started putting locks on the condensate tanks and that was the end of that.Good times . . .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lastkidpicked, post: 355213, member: 237"] The whole storyline about the Scotfields brings up an interesting idea. With all the enemies that the Ewings created, it's a wonder this didn't happen more often. Nowadays, we have security cameras everywhere, but back then it was wide open. There were so many sets of keys floating around that most of the time we never bothered locking anything up. Anybody who was mad at the company could just go in and wreak havoc, but fortunately nobody ever did. The closest thing was that we had was people feeling like the oil companies owed them something and they'd go into the condensate tanks. These are tanks where the fuel vapors are collected and become liquified. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1677797087759.png"]44027[/ATTACH] Somebody found out that you could run a pickup truck on this condensate so-- free gasoline! (Or Petrol if you were working for BP or Schlume). Once word got out, everybody who had a beef with the oil companies "settled the score" by helping themselves to this free "fuel". The funny part? The condensate was so flammable that when you turned your pickup off, the thing would keep running for several minutes until the fuel in the lines was used up. I remember going to the store and while walking through the parking lot, all these pickups were unattended but still running. I could point to every one and say, "That guy stole from the vapor recovery. And THAT guy stole from the vapor recovery." It was so obvious that it was really pretty funny. I started putting locks on the condensate tanks and that was the end of that. Good times . . . [/QUOTE]

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