Can cutting off the natural gas pipeline during construction be punished?

Digging off the natural gas pipeline during construction can be punished.

If it is not intentional damage, it only needs to bear civil liability for compensation;

If it is intentional, it may be subject to administrative punishment or even criminal responsibility.

Pipelines that transport natural gas (including associated gas produced in oil fields) from mining areas or treatment plants to urban gas distribution centers or users of industrial enterprises are also called gas transmission pipelines. Using natural gas pipeline to transport natural gas is the only way to transport natural gas in large quantities on land. In the total length of pipelines in the world, natural gas pipelines account for about half.