What is the crime of stealing oil?

Whoever steals or exploits national oil shall be convicted and sentenced according to the value of theft. Whoever steals a large amount of crude oil shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the economic development of the region and the situation of social security, refer to the above-mentioned amount to determine the amount standard to be implemented in the region, and report it to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for the record. Therefore, it depends on the sentencing standards in this area. The specific punishment for stealing crude oil depends on the actual value of the theft. If the amount of theft is large, the parties concerned will bear more criminal responsibility.

Petroleum, also known as crude oil, also known as "black gold", is a viscous dark brown liquid, known as "industrial blood". Some parts of the upper crust have oil reserves. The main components are mixtures of alkanes, cycloalkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons. Petroleum is mainly used as fuel oil and gasoline, and it is also the raw material of many chemical industrial products, such as solutions, fertilizers, pesticides and plastics.

A, for the purpose of illegal possession, secretly stealing a large amount of public or private property or stealing public or private property for many times, constitutes theft:

1. Theft amount refers to the amount of public and private property stolen by the actor.

2, attempted theft, if the circumstances are serious, such as a huge amount of property or national precious cultural relics as the target of theft, should be convicted and punished.

3 stolen public and private property, including electricity, gas and natural gas.

4. Stealing the property of one's own family or close relatives is generally not treated as a crime; If criminal responsibility really needs to be investigated, the punishment should also be different from those who commit crimes in society.

Two, theft of public or private property "large", "huge" and "huge" standards are as follows:

1, where the value of personal theft of public or private property is more than 2,000 yuan in 500 yuan, it is regarded as "a large amount".

2, personal theft of public or private property worth more than five thousand yuan to twenty thousand yuan, as a "huge amount".

3. Individuals who steal public or private property with a value of more than 30,000 yuan10,000 yuan are regarded as "extremely huge."

Legal basis:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 264 Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a murder weapon or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.