National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipe Network Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as the National Pipe Network Company) was formally established on the 9th. This is an important part of the implementation of the "Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Oil and Gas System" and a key step in deepening the reform of the oil and gas system. Four aspects of the newly established National Pipeline Network Company have attracted much attention.

[View point one] Why set up a national network company?

Oil and natural gas is an important resource related to economic and social development. In 2017, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Oil and Gas System", which clarified the thinking and tasks of my country's oil and gas system reform. The opinions emphasized that the operation mechanism of the oil and gas pipeline network should be reformed to improve the capacity of intensive transportation and fair service.

The relevant person in charge of the State Pipe Network Company stated that the establishment of an independently operated national pipe network company will promote the formation of "X+1+X" with multi-subject and multi-channel supply of upstream oil and gas resources, efficient gathering and transportation of the central unified pipeline network, and full competition in the downstream sales market. The oil and gas market system is an important part of deepening the reform of the oil and gas system and pipeline network operation mechanism.

"The reform of my country's oil and gas system includes the reform of the entire industrial chain of the upper, middle and lower reaches. The basic idea is to'control the middle and let go of the two ends'. The'middle' is the pipeline network transportation link. The reform of the'middle' is to separate the pipeline and reform The purpose is to promote fair opening up of the pipeline and transportation links." Professor Dong Xiucheng of the University of International Business and Economics believes that if the "middle" link is not reformed, the "two ends" market-based competition mechanism cannot be truly implemented.

Experts said that the national pipeline network company's overall planning, construction and operation is conducive to reducing repeated investment, speeding up pipeline network construction, and improving oil and gas transportation capabilities. It is of great significance to better guarantee the safe supply of oil and gas and promote the high-quality development of the oil and gas industry.

Liu Yijun, a professor at China University of Petroleum, said that the establishment of the National Pipeline Network Company will accelerate the interconnection of oil and gas pipeline networks and the construction of LNG receiving stations, so that the oil and gas pipeline network can better perform its transmission function, improve resource utilization efficiency, and carry out overall oil and gas resource allocation across the country. To deal with emergencies and emergencies.

[Highlight 2] What impact will the establishment of a national pipeline company have on oil and gas prices?

The price is mainly determined by the market. A person from the National Pipeline Network Company stated that the establishment of the National Pipeline Network Company can promote the formation of an oil and gas market system featuring multi-subject and multi-channel upstream oil and gas resources, a unified pipeline network for efficient gathering and transportation, and full competition in the downstream sales market, which will help to form a market. The oil and gas price mechanism will be changed to make oil and gas prices more reasonable.

Industry insiders believe that the establishment of a national pipeline network company and overall planning of pipeline network operation and development can more accurately determine pipeline transmission prices. The establishment of the National Pipe Network Company will help promote the marketization of non-residential gas prices and further improve the residential gas pricing mechanism.

"The real marketization of prices needs to be based on a fully competitive industrial chain structure. The establishment of the National Pipe Network Company is based on industrial chain structural reform, which will sound the clarion call for real industrial chain structural reform." Liu Yijun said .

Energy is related to people's livelihood. After the establishment of a national pipe network company, can it better protect people's livelihood and gas? Experts said that through the interconnection of pipeline networks, the ability of pipeline transmission and deployment of natural gas resources can be further improved, and gas supply security can be strengthened.

It is reported that after the establishment of the National Pipeline Network Company, it will be responsible for the construction and operation and scheduling of the national oil and gas trunk pipeline network, forming a "national one network", and all interconnected pipeline networks can be uniformly scheduled under emergency supply to improve the safety of the oil and gas pipeline network. Operation coefficient and pipeline transmission guarantee capacity. The National Pipeline Corporation will also accelerate the construction of infrastructure such as interconnection projects and LNG receiving stations, assume part of the responsibility for supply, and play an active role in protecting people's livelihood.

[View point three] How does the national network company achieve fairness and openness to users?

In recent years, my country has gradually explored and practiced implementation paths and methods for fair opening of oil and gas pipeline network facilities.

"With the joint efforts of all parties, the awareness of openness of oil and gas companies has been increasing, open services have gradually increased, and the scope of openness has continued to expand." The relevant person in charge of the National Energy Administration said, but the construction and interconnection of the pipeline network facilities are insufficient, and the oil and gas pipeline network Due to the imperfect operating mechanism and other factors, the number of openings of my country's oil and gas pipeline network facilities is still small, and the level of opening is relatively low.

In May of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration and other departments jointly issued the "Regulations for the Fair Opening of Oil and Gas Pipeline Network Facilities", which clearly requires that oil and gas pipeline network facilities operators should provide services to all eligible users in a fair and non-discriminatory manner.

Industry insiders pointed out that the oil and natural gas pipeline network is equivalent to a highway for transporting oil and natural gas. It needs to realize interconnection and fair opening to all users. The establishment of a national pipeline network company can better solve this problem.

The reporter learned from the National Pipeline Company that the newly established company is mainly engaged in the investment, construction, dispatch operation, fair opening and oil and gas pipeline transmission services of the oil and gas long-distance pipeline network and its peak shaving facilities, and does not participate in the competition of upstream resources and downstream markets. Sex trading.

Oil and gas experts said that the income of the National Pipeline Network Company has nothing to do with buying and selling oil and gas and earning spreads, and it has nothing to do with which company's oil and gas are delivered. In accordance with the requirements of the regulatory measures, the national pipeline network company must fairly and impartially provide all users with oil and gas pipeline network facilities and services. All users of transportation services of the National Pipeline Network Company are in an equal position and apply for the use of pipeline transportation services in accordance with the same procedures and methods.

In Dong Xiucheng's view, the National Pipeline Corporation is a basic industry company that only provides pipeline transmission services to customers and does not participate in competitive transactions between upstream resources and downstream markets. The next step for the state to supervise the national network company is to see whether it treats all customers fairly.

[View point four] After the establishment of the National Pipeline Network Company, will the oil and gas industry accelerate its marketization?

At present, the scale of my country's oil and gas pipeline network still has greater room for growth compared with developed countries, and pipeline transportation capacity needs to be improved. In this regard, experts believe that multi-entity investment will accelerate the pace of construction of domestic oil and gas pipeline networks.

Oil and gas experts said that for the entire oil and gas market, the establishment of the national pipeline network company is conducive to increasing the main players in the oil and gas market, improving the supervision of monopoly links, and optimizing the structure of the oil and gas market.

Yang Jianhong, chief researcher of Beijing Shichuang Energy Consulting Co., Ltd. believes that pipelines are high-quality assets. After the establishment of the National Pipeline Network Company, more companies will have the opportunity and willingness to enter the pipeline construction field. The reform of the pipeline network is to "remove" the specificity and franchise, which requires the formulation of rules and strengthening of supervision.

"The establishment of a national pipeline network company is a specific measure to promote the oil and gas industry to accelerate the marketization." Experts believe that the more important thing is how the national pipeline network company opens to social capital in the future development and how to effectively optimize corporate governance. Effectively play a leading role to drive the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry to the market. The reform cannot be accomplished overnight. It also needs to support powerful detailed rules and regulatory measures to further promote the system and overall nature.