April 19, 2026
Author: Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje
Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. TOM GREEN COUNTY, Texas—Some Texas oil wells gush hundreds of barrels of oil a day. But many are like the wells on Jackie Chesnutt’s ranch in West Texas that only trickle out a couple barrels a month. Chesnutt, a retired […]
