Oil and gas pipeline protection law will be implemented next month

The "People's Republic of China Oil and Gas Pipeline Protection Law" implementation forum was held in Beijing on the 25th. The vice chairman of the National Standing Committee of ***** attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He pointed out that it is necessary to highly understand the necessity and importance of protecting the safety of oil and gas pipelines and do a good job in ensuring the safety of oil and gas pipelines.

The oil and gas pipeline protection law was passed by the Eleventh National Standing Committee at its fifteenth meeting on June 25 this year and will be formally implemented on October 1. In order to implement the pipeline protection law, the National Financial and Economic Committee, the Legal Committee of the National Standing Committee, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, and the National Energy Administration jointly organized a law enforcement forum.

Oil and gas pipelines are the bridges and links connecting oil and gas resources with the market. China currently has 70% of oil and 99% of natural gas through pipelines, long-distance main pipelines reaching 80,000 kilometers, and offshore oil and gas pipelines nearly 5,000 kilometers. By the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the total mileage of China’s long-distance oil and gas pipelines will exceed 100,000 kilometers, and there is a long way to go to maintain pipeline safety.

In his speech, *** pointed out that in China, energy security is one of the key factors that determine economic security, and it is directly related to national economic security and people's production and life. To protect the safety of oil and gas pipelines is not only to protect the interests of pipeline companies. More importantly, it protects the normal lives and public safety of the broad masses of the people and guarantees the country’s economic security and social stability.

***said that the National Standing Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the legislative work of the Oil and Gas Pipeline Protection Act. The promulgation and implementation of this law has brought the protection of China's oil and gas pipelines into the orbit of the legal system, providing a strong legal guarantee for the protection of oil and gas pipelines according to law. This has an important role in enhancing the awareness of the whole social protection pipeline, advancing the administration according to law, strengthening and standardizing pipeline protection work, and promoting the improvement of corporate management, solving and eliminating problems and hidden dangers that affect pipeline safety, and thus ensuring pipeline safety.

*** Four requirements were put forward for the practical implementation of the oil and gas pipeline protection law. The first is to carry out legal study and propaganda work in depth and improve the awareness of implementing the oil and gas pipeline protection law. The second is to speed up the implementation of various legal supporting work. We must pay close attention to the formulation of supporting laws and regulations. Corresponding departmental regulations must also be considered in an integrated manner, and research must be stepped up. The third task is to focus on clearing up the work of illegally occupying pressure, cracking down on drilling and stealing oil, and standardizing the encounter relationship between pipelines and related facilities. Fourth, pipeline companies should strictly implement their obligations under the law and strengthen institutional protection and capacity building for pipeline protection.