Characteristics of gas industry

Regional imbalance of industrial development

In 20 12 years, there are obvious regional differences in the development of urban gas production and supply industry in China. Enterprises in the industry are mainly concentrated in East China and Southwest China, accounting for more than 50% of the total number of enterprises in urban gas production and supply industries in China, including: 280 enterprises in East China, ranking first; Southwest China has 188, ranking second. In 20 12, there were 54 enterprises in northwest China, accounting for 6.0 1% of the total enterprises in the whole industry, but the number of enterprises and the proportion of industries increased compared with 20 1 1.

The scale of the industry continues to expand.

According to Foresight Industry Research Institute's Report on Forecast and Analysis of Production and Marketing Demand and Investment of Urban Gas Production and Supply Industry in China in 2013/20/7, in 2006-20 12, the asset scale of urban gas production and supply industry continued to expand, with a compound annual growth rate of total assets of 20%. Total assets rose from13541500 million yuan in 2006 to 404.430 billion yuan in 20 12.

In 2006-20 12, the sales scale of urban gas production and supply industry also expanded continuously, with a compound annual growth rate of 30.20%, and the sales revenue increased from 8196,300 yuan in 2006 to 3,994.4 million yuan in 20 12.

Due to the natural monopoly formed by the pipe network

The production and supply process of gas mainly includes four links: production, transportation, transmission and distribution and supply, which are vertically connected stages. Transportation and distribution depend on the pipe network. The cost of gas provided by infrastructure is precipitated, which makes the transmission and distribution have a natural monopoly, which means that the pipeline network will not be built repeatedly in the same area.

Highly dependent on imported natural gas.

In 20 15 years, China's natural gas demand will reach 1700× 108m3, while domestic production can only provide 1200× 108m3, and the natural gas supply gap will reach 500×108m3. By 2020, the gap will reach more than 1 1,000×1.08m3, and its proportion in China's total energy consumption will rise from 2.5%-2.6% to 7%- 10%.

In short, the gas industry in China has the above four characteristics: the regional development of the industry is unbalanced; The scale of the industry continues to expand; Due to the natural monopoly formed by the pipe network; Dependence on imported natural gas is high.

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