Abstract: To effectively beat oil stealing crimes，both criminal penalty and civil recovery should be applied.Applying civil recovery will greatly raise the cost of such crimes and hence protects state economic benefits and legal rights of petroleum enterprises.According to the law，both civil suit collateral to criminal proceedings and civil procedure apply to oil stealing crimes，in which civil suit collateral to criminal proceedings has obvious advantages as it costs less and the procuratorate may participate in the suit when necessary.

Key words: oil related crimes, oil stealing by drilling holes, criminal responsibility, civil recovery, civil suit collateral to criminal proceedings