Recently, media reports have reported that many private gas stations in the Fuling District of Chongqing have already been in a state of oil shortage. It is very difficult for them to purchase refined oil from PetroChina and Sinopec. As a result, there are private stations complaining about the two major oil giants. They believe that in the “non-oil shortage” era (since many sites and mines in Fuling District of Chongqing can directly purchase refined oil from Sinopec and CNPC), private gas stations still cannot Adequate supply of oil products is unreasonable. In addition to expressing their incomprehensibility, they even believe that this is a state-owned oil company that, by virtue of its advantages, has united to engage in monopolies and disguisedly squeeze private-owned gas stations by controlling the supply of oil products in order to achieve the goal of seizing market share.

Recently, the international oil price has risen sharply. As the price of domestic refined oil cannot be raised in time, we have seen the wholesale and retail upside down and refinery losses have occurred. In this case, the refinery will cut production or even stop production. At least local refineries will do so. According to reports, the current situation of refined oil prices has indeed forced local oil refineries to reduce operating rates. Last week, in Shandong Province, where the country’s largest number of oil refineries was local, the average weekly operating rate of local oil refining was 33%; in South China, the operating rate of regional oil refining was even lower, only 11%. As an important oil source for private gas stations, the troubles of private gas stations are not small.

According to China's “Product Oil Price Management Regulations”, the maximum wholesale prices of gasoline and diesel sold by retailers of refined oil products to retail companies should be kept at a price difference of 300 to 400 yuan per ton with the highest retail price; The maximum supply price of gasoline and diesel for enterprises should maintain a price difference of RMB 400 per ton. For companies, such as PetroChina and Sinopec, who choose to sell their goods, and open up the conspiracy theory of market share, can also be determined through the orientation of interests. The price and cost directly related to the interest are closely related to the price mechanism of refined oil. Under the existing refined oil pricing mechanism, it may be understandable that private gas stations can't buy oil because there are problems with interests. Because oil products sold by Sinopec and Sinopec to construction sites, mines and other customers can be sold at the highest retail price; oil sold to private gas stations can only be sold at wholesale prices. Not selling to a private gas station may be a sequential problem. In fact, China's current coal market is also roughly the same.

If the price of oil goes further, the living environment of private gas stations is very worrying. No matter how the behavior of the oil state-owned enterprises is interpreted, the consequences are the same: that is, when the oil price is reversed and reversed, the private gas stations are faced with the problem of survival.

We all know more market participants and have various benefits for promoting competition. As long as there is a phenomenon of wholesale and retail inversion, the phenomena of “lack of food” in private gas stations will exist, and some private gas stations will withdraw from the market. This is a high-probability event and is only a matter of time. The shrinking of private oil companies has no benefit to the relatively monopolized refined oil market. That is to say, the price distortions of refined oil products may accelerate the state-owned monopoly of oil. It is commonplace for monopoly to bring about possible loss of efficiency and other effects. On the other hand, the withdrawal of private enterprises, the state-owned monopoly will make the government more controllable on energy prices, and the temporary sweetness of the regulatory price may not be able to make up for social efficiency and fair social and economic costs.

In order to make the refined oil market more competitive, the key is the price mechanism. Under the current situation of government refined oil pricing, property rights diversification is very difficult. With state-owned enterprises alone and the refined oil price mechanism being imperfect, liberalization or even encouragement of private investment may not be enough to attract private enterprises, and more policy support is needed.

Looking ahead, at present, gas stations in some regions have already appeared in the wholesale market where private gas stations do not have enough gasoline and diesel. Consumers see oil shortages. Domestic demand for refined oil products has entered the peak season, and partial oil shortages may occur. Of course, there will not be a large-scale oil shortage in the country because Sinopec and CNPC will guarantee their gas station supply.

Therefore, when the international crude oil prices rise further, we face two survival issues, namely the survival of the refined oil price mechanism and the survival of private gas stations. Maintaining and improving the refined oil pricing mechanism is not only in line with international oil prices, but also the key to solving domestic oil market problems. If we do nothing, what we are about to see is a repeat of the 2008 oil industry.

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