CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands > CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (parts 1000 to 9260) > SUBCHAPTER I—TECHNICAL SERVICES (9000) (parts 9180 to 9260) > PART 9239—TRESPASS > SUBPART 9239—Kinds of Trespass (§9239.0-3 to §9239.7-1) > 9239.5-2—Oil.

9239.5-2—Oil.

For oil trespass in a State where there is no State law governing such trespass, the measure of damages will be as follows:
(a) Innocent trespass. Value of oil taken, less amount of expense incurred in taking the same.
(b) Willful trespass. Value of the oil taken without credit or deduction for the expense incurred by the wrongdoers in getting it. Mason v. United States (273 Fed. 135).