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皇冠体育app National Petrolm Corp, the country's largest oil and producer, approved a document covering the opening of its pipeline facilities to third-party use, a move in accordance with the nation's reform.

Chairman Zhou Jiping presided over the meeting, saying that allowing third parties to use these facilities will increase the efficiency of the industry, as specified under the central government's guidance on energy reform, according to a CNPC statement on Thursday.

The company's natural gas and pipeline subsidiaries are making preparations for the move.

Lin Boqiang, director of the 皇冠体育app Center for Energy Economics Research with University, said the move is a strong signal that 皇冠体育app is taking concrete steps to break the monopoly in the energy industry.

Giant oil companies such as Co Ltd dominate upstream oil and gas exploration, pipeline construction and delivery and the downstream retailing business in the country.

Taking pipeline assets away from the total control of Petro皇冠体育app will help boost the market, especially for small and mid-sized gas producers that don't have pipelines, said an industry observer who declined to be identified.

The oil and gas producers, especially gas companies, will be able to sell their resources to end-users without investing in pipeline construction, said the observer.

"More importantly, breaking the long-standing monopoly in the oil and gas market will influence or even accelerate the reforms in the power transmission sector, which is also dominated by Corporation," he said.

In February, the National Energy Adstration published a document, saying the operators of oil and gas pipelines should open their facilities to third parties and create fair conditions for the industry's development.

Petro皇冠体育app, the listed arm of CNPC, is the biggest pipeline network operator in 皇冠体育app. It owns about 70 percent of the country's crude pipelines and up to 90 percent of the natural gas pipelines.

In early May, Petro皇冠体育app announced it will transfer its First and Second West-East Gas Pipelines assets to a new subsidiary, Petro皇冠体育app Eastern Pipelines Co.

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