In May 21st, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council "on the deepening of Petroleum System Reform Opinions" officially announced, the deepening reform of the oil and gas guiding ideology, basic principles, general idea and main tasks. Insiders said that the brewing up to 5 years of oil and gas system reform program, will change the existing market structure.
"Opinions" clear, the general idea of deepening the reform of the oil and gas is to deepen the exploration of oil and gas exploitation, import and export management, network operations, production and processing, product pricing system reform and state-owned oil and gas company reform, release the vitality of the market competitive link and the backbone of oil and gas resources continue to enhance the vitality of enterprises, safeguard ability, domestic and international resources the ability and market risk prevention capacity, intensive delivery and service ability, quality fair oil and gas production, oil and gas supply capacity of strategic security supply capacity, safe and clean operation ability of the whole industry chain. Through reform to promote the sustained and healthy development of the oil and gas industry, a substantial increase in proven resources reserves, and constantly improve the efficiency of resource allocation.
"Opinions" also deployed perfect and orderly release of oil and gas exploration and exploitation of oil and gas import and export system, perfect management system, deepen the reform of the oil and gas pipeline operation mechanism, downstream competitive links reform, reform of the oil and gas pricing mechanism, deepen the reform, the state-owned oil and gas enterprises to improve the oil and gas reserve system, establish and improve the safety and environmental protection of oil and gas system of the eight aspects of the key reform tasks.
The upstream mining area has the highest monopoly degree in the oil and gas industry, and it is also the "deep water zone"". China University of Petroleum professor Liu Yijun told reporters that the reform of the upstream sector is one of the highlights of the oil and gas system reform, and has been included in the eight major tasks of reform. "Opinions" put forward the exploring competition transferring system and the more strict block exit mechanism, strengthen the qualification management of safety and environmental protection, in the protection of the development of the premise, allowing qualified market players involved in the conventional oil and gas exploration and exploitation, and gradually form a large state-owned oil and gas company to participate in various economic components, leading the prospecting and mining system, this is great intensity movement.
The independence of the oil and gas pipeline network is also the key to the oil and gas reform. Midstream to achieve independent network, has been the consensus of the reform industry, which is the cornerstone of the oil and gas market. Therefore, the "opinions" clearly pointed out that the reform of the oil and gas pipeline operation mechanism, promote intensive delivery and fair service ability; step forward of large state-owned oil and Gas Company pipeline pipeline to achieve independence, and sales of oil and gas pipeline separately; improve the fair access mechanism, oil and gas pipeline, the province and the provincial trunk pipelines are subject to third a fair and open market.
In the downstream competitive links, the "opinions" proposed to deepen the reform, in order to enhance the quality of production and supply of oil and gas products. Establish more strict quality, safety, environmental protection and energy consumption and other aspects of technical standards, improve oil and gas processing link access and elimination mechanism; improve the level of deep processing of crude oil, the protection and cultivation of advanced production capacity, accelerate the elimination of backward production capacity; increase natural gas downstream market development strength, promote the fair competition of natural gas placing links.
Insiders said that the "opinions" clear regulatory measures and penalties, a certain set of rules, but from the reality of the "opinions" brewing for 5 years, the future operation will not be too optimistic, truly there are many specific work to do.