Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1721
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Tapping pipeline
Official statutory text
Any person who shall unlawfully make or cause to be made any
connection with or in any way tap or cause to be tapped, or drill or
cause to be drilled a hole in any pipe or pipeline or tank laid or
used for the conduct or storage of crude oil, naphtha, gas or
casinghead gas, or any of the manufactured or natural products
thereof, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of any of said
crude oil, naphtha, gas, casinghead gas or any of the manufactured
or natural products thereof, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony
offense, and upon conviction the person shall be punished by
forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not
less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or confinement in the State
Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than
ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
connection with or in any way tap or cause to be tapped, or drill or
cause to be drilled a hole in any pipe or pipeline or tank laid or
used for the conduct or storage of crude oil, naphtha, gas or
casinghead gas, or any of the manufactured or natural products
thereof, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of any of said
crude oil, naphtha, gas, casinghead gas or any of the manufactured
or natural products thereof, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony
offense, and upon conviction the person shall be punished by
forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not
less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or confinement in the State
Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than
ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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