According to recent "Wall Street Journal," citing industry insider as saying the Chinese government is considering a gas price reform proposals, according to the pricing mechanism under consideration, natural gas and crude oil prices and coal price-linked. In addition, the informed source said that the domestic gas price is usually higher than the industrial use of natural gas 0.4 yuan. The government is also considering using natural gas prices for industrial and civilian adopt the same pricing of natural gas prices. According to the proposal "Gas prices may be transferred to 20% -30%."
     Ex-factory price of natural gas rising, no doubt will be in the oil and petrochemical, and other major oil and gas producers welcome. China National Petroleum [13.76 -0.07%] Natural Gas Co. Ltd. and China National Offshore Oil [12.26 3.37%] Headquarters and other natural gas importers have said that with the import of natural gas under the contract to begin mass to enter the Chinese market, pricing mechanism reform every step of the delay both will increase their financial burden.
     "However, rising gas prices alone will lead to popular discontent." China's Energy Strategy Research Center, assistant director of Hai-Tao Guo said.
     This is also the reason for Development and Reform Commission long-term dilemma. "Oil demand in prices, has its own reasons, but people think that the oil companies make substantial profits, why are their prices?" Oil expert Zhang Kang pointed out that oil as a listed company, is not purely a state-owned enterprises were on the other shareholders be accountable as well as overseas investors, "can not always lose money it, or else requires government subsidies."
     China Energy Network CEO HAN Xiao-ping that reform is not the price, but rather the mechanism, the key is natural gas upstream (monopoly) release.
     China's current natural gas industry is that the upstream exploration and production primarily controlled by CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC hands, the middle of the long-distance pipeline network are mainly determined by the above-mentioned three major business monopolies, while the downstream urban and industrial gas transmission and distribution business is the state-owned, private enterprises coexist.
     HAN Xiao-ping said that if simply in accordance with the ratio of foreign oil and gas as a yardstick, a substantial increase in gas prices, the development of China's natural gas industry, or even a blow, "too expensive, who to use."
     "Now the price has led to many unjust, it is hard to accept. The same gas, different prices, because of pricing reasons, we enjoy the different treatment, it is not right. I think it is still necessary to grasp the idea of reform live in 'public interest' this point. because of natural gas are mainly to be used for living. "energy expert, said Lin Boqiang, therefore, reasonable price should be cost plus profit trace.
     However, Lin Boqiang expressed their support as far as possible with international practice. His reason is that in the future, certainly a considerable number of natural gas is imported from abroad, which is similar with the oil. More than 50% of our oil is imported from abroad, so domestic oil prices must be with the international market. Now or should we try to "be able to establish a balance between imported and domestic natural gas price mechanism," but now we are still far from being achieved.
     Specific to the reform ideas, Lin Boqiang that should follow "the same quality and price" principle. Although it may be from different channels to different ex-factory price of gas, but in the end market should have a uniform price. To raise domestic prices after the government can improve the part of the resource tax levied in the form of collecting, this is can be done. (Yan Qin)