发展是第一要务——再议天然气管道“独立”

Development is the first priority:Re-discussion on the gas pipeline independency in China

最近互联网上流传的中石油(中国石油天然气集团公司)管道资产"拆分"方案,有些混淆视听,有必要从理论与现实的角度进行理性的辨析。为此,通过厘清所有权与经营权的法理区别,并参考美国与欧盟的天然气产业发展经验,认为天然气管道经营权需要独立,而所有权不必拆分;通过对我国天然气管道现状与前景的分析,指出我国必须加快发展与完善天然气管道,破除阻碍我国天然气产业发展的瓶颈。天然气在我国能源消费结构中的比重以及有关天然气"减排"能力的数据表明,发展天然气有利于改善我国能源消费结构、保障我国能源安全;再结合对天然气管道"独立"的利弊及其所需条件的分析结果,结论认为:现阶段我国天然气管道既要适当"独立"以免限制天然气增产,也不能彻底"独立"以免伤及企业修建天然气管道的积极性;政府需要发挥能动作用,为实现天然气管道完全"独立"创造有利条件,包括加强规划、监管,放开天然气上、中游的准入限制。

Recently, the so called ＂CNPC pipeline split＂, which has been widely spread over the Internet, is quite confusing and mis- leading, and therefore a rational clarification is necessary. Based upon the conceptual distinction in law between a property right and a franchise right and with a reference to the natural gas development experiences from the USA and EU countries, we presented our view that the franchise right of natural gas pipelines in China needs to be independent without any split of the property right. Then, through an analysis of status quo and prospect of domestic natural gas pipelines, we pointed out that it is necessary for China to ac- celerate the development and improvement of natural gas pipeline infrastructure in order to solve those bottlenecking problems in do mestic natural gas sector, Those statistical data about the share of natural gas in the domestic energy consumption structure and its e mission reduction capacity proved that natural gas development is favorable for improving the domestic energy consumption structure and ensuring national energy security. And according to the pros and cons of the independency of gas pipelines and the corresponding requirements, we concluded that at the current stage, domestic gas pipelines need a certain degree of independency to mitigate any negative impact on gas production boom, but absolutely strict independency should be avoided in case an enterprise＇s incentive to construct new lines is jeopardized. We also suggested that government should play a dynamic role in creating conditions for the complete independency of domestic gas pipelines, such as strengthening the planning and supervision, easing restrictions on both upstream and downstream entry of natural gas industry.