Section 31.19 - Theft of Petroleum Product(a) In this section, "petroleum product" means crude oil, natural gas, or condensate.(b) A person commits an offense if the person unlawfully appropriates a petroleum product with intent to deprive the owner of the petroleum product by: (1) possessing, removing, delivering, receiving, purchasing, selling, moving, concealing, or transporting the petroleum product; or(2) making or causing a connection to be made with, or drilling or tapping or causing a hole to be drilled or tapped in, a pipe, pipeline, or tank used to store or transport a petroleum product.(c) Appropriation of a petroleum product is unlawful if it is without the owner's effective consent.(d) An offense under this section is: (1) a state jail felony if the total value of the petroleum product appropriated is less than $10,000;(2) a felony of the third degree if the total value of the petroleum product appropriated is $10,000 or more but less than $100,000;(3) a felony of the second degree if the total value of the petroleum product appropriated is $100,000 or more but less than $300,000; or(4) a felony of the first degree if the total value of the petroleum product appropriated is $300,000 or more.Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 46,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.