Which companies in Chinese mainland are qualified to import crude oil?

Two private enterprises obtained crude oil import licenses for the first time.

-At the same time, 15 private enterprises obtained the import license of refined oil.

After a long wait of one year, the Ministry of Commerce recently announced the list of the third batch of non-state-owned import enterprises of crude oil and refined oil (fuel oil), and 16 enterprises were on the list. Hubei Tianfa has obtained the import business license for both crude oil and refined oil, making it the largest.

Big winner.

Last August, according to the Regulations on the Administration of Import and Export of Goods in People's Republic of China (PRC) and China's commitment to join the WTO, the Ministry of Commerce announced that it would accept applications for business licenses from qualified crude oil and refined oil importers within one month. Within one month, the Ministry of Commerce * * * received 16 enterprises applying for non-state-owned import qualification of crude oil and 3 1 enterprises applying for non-state-owned import qualification of refined oil.

According to the Announcement of the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on the Application Conditions, Application Materials and Application Procedures of Non-state-owned Import Enterprises of Crude Oil, Refined Oil and Fertilizer (AnnouncementNo.19,2002), the Ministry of Commerce reviewed the qualification conditions of the above-mentioned enterprises. There are 7 enterprises that meet the qualification conditions for the import of non-state-owned crude oil stipulated in Announcement 19, and 5 enterprises that meet the qualification conditions for the import of non-state-owned refined oil stipulated in Announcement 19.

■ Two private enterprises have obtained crude oil import licenses.

In the third batch list published by the Ministry of Commerce, Hubei Tianfa and Heilongjiang United Petrochemical Co., Ltd. obtained crude oil import licenses. Hubei Tianfa, Yuanda Group, Dalian Shide Group and other private enterprises are included in the list of non-state-owned enterprises approved to operate refined oil products.

Gong Jialong, chairman of Hubei Tianfa Investment Holding Co., Ltd., told reporters that the company has long planned to look for oil overseas and has been trying to break through the policy bottleneck. After obtaining the license this time, the company has basically determined the location of overseas oil sources, but it is not convenient to disclose specific details at present.

Relevant persons of Heilongjiang United Petrochemical Co., Ltd., which also obtained the crude oil import license, confirmed to reporters that the company is currently collecting overseas oil source information extensively and will start the crude oil import business once the conditions are ripe.

Relevant persons of the Ministry of Commerce have said that the approval of the right to operate the import of non-state-owned crude oil and refined oil (fuel oil) does not deliberately set a time limit, "as long as it meets the conditions, it will be approved". The distribution of the third batch of lists seems to be a bit "intense".

According to China's commitment to join the World Trade Organization, the retail market of refined oil products in China will be opened to foreign investors by the end of this year, which means that foreign companies can set up gas stations in China, regardless of any location. As early as three or four years ago, international oil giants such as BP, Shell and ExxonMobil adopted various ways such as cooperation and joint venture to lay out their logos in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Southwest China.

China will open the wholesale market of refined oil products at the end of 2006, when foreign companies can build oil depots, docks and sales networks in China. Previously, the only state-owned enterprises allowed to import crude oil were PetroChina, Sinopec, Sinochem and Zhuhai Rong Zhen. In June this year, CNOOC obtained the fifth crude oil import license.

In April 2002, the former State Economic and Trade Commission approved 65,438+00 crude oil import trading institutions, five of which are subsidiaries of PetroChina and Sinopec. Undoubtedly, the two major oil groups still firmly hold the lifeblood of non-state-owned trade quotas. Quota is a market access opportunity to a great extent. Mastering the quota of crude oil import is actually equivalent to controlling the ability of crude oil import, which is also the real reason why CNOOC has painstakingly sought a crude oil import license.

It is not difficult to see that the publication of the list of the third batch of non-state-owned enterprises importing crude oil and refined oil has accelerated the speed of private enterprises looking for oil overseas.

■ Private enterprises should find powerful partners.

Xu Hongyuan, director of the Development Research Department of the National Information Center, believes that from the perspective of national energy strategy, obtaining crude oil import license for private enterprises will help alleviate the domestic energy shortage. This move shows that the country is taking active measures to encourage the breakthrough of private restrictions and strive to adopt various ways to alleviate the sustained and strong domestic energy demand.

"Even if you get a crude oil import license, it does not mean that private enterprises can go out to find oil." Xu Hongyuan told reporters that when private enterprises go abroad, they have to abide by the regulations of the Ministry of Commerce on foreign exchange management for non-state-owned importers of crude oil and refined oil, and it depends largely on their partners. "It is best for private enterprises to find powerful overseas partners, and whether the social conditions of partners are stable also determines whether private enterprises can' return to China with full load'".

At the same time, Xu Hongyuan emphasized that private enterprises can obtain the import license of refined oil, which will help to break the monopoly and gradually realize the orderly market competition pattern. Because the establishment of sales channels is not a "cold day", private enterprises are unlikely to carry out the natural connection of oil sales in the short term.

List of the third batch of non-state-owned crude oil and refined oil (fuel oil) import enterprises for the record

crude oil

Hubei tianfa company limited

Heilongjiang union petroleum chemical co., ltd

Refined oil (fuel oil)

Beijing zhongbaona investment management company

Dalian shide group co., ltd.

Shandong Yufeng chemical industry import and export co., ltd

Weihai huayue construction development co., ltd.

Shanghai allison import and export co., ltd.

Hubei tianfa company limited

Fujian province Minnan energy development co., ltd