Oil and gas pipeline protection Regulations

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated for the purpose of ensuring the safe operation of petroleum (including crude oil and refined oil, the same below) and natural gas (including coal bed methane, the same below) pipelines and their affiliated facilities, and maintaining public safety.

Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the protection of pipelines transporting oil and natural gas and their ancillary facilities (hereinafter referred to as pipeline facilities) within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

These Regulations shall not apply to the protection of urban pipe networks transporting petroleum and natural gas and the internal pipe networks of petrochemical enterprises.

Article 3 The term "pipeline facilities" as mentioned in these Regulations includes:

(1) Pipelines for transporting oil or natural gas;

(2) Pipeline anti-corrosion protection facilities, including cathodic protection station, cathodic protection test pile, anode ground bed and stray current drainage station;

(3) Pipeline hydraulic protection structures, seismic facilities, pipe levees, pipe Bridges and special culverts and tunnels for pipelines;

(4) pressure station, heating station, metering station, oil collection (gas) station, gas transmission station, gas distribution station, treatment yard (station), pigging station, all kinds of valve chambers (Wells) and emptying facilities, oil depot, loading and unloading rack and unloading yard;

(5) Pipeline marking, marking and crossing public (railway) road leak detection device.

Article 4 Pipeline facilities are important infrastructure facilities and are protected by law. No unit or individual may seize, destroy, steal or loot them.

All units and individuals have the obligation to protect pipeline facilities and the oil and natural gas transported by pipelines. Any unit or individual shall have the right to stop and report to the relevant departments any act of encroaching, destroying, stealing or robbing pipeline facilities, oil and natural gas transported through pipelines or any other act endangering the safety of pipeline facilities.

Article 5 The administrative department of economy and trade under The State Council shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of the protection of pipeline facilities throughout the country; The departments designated by the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of the protection of pipeline facilities within their respective administrative areas.

Article 6 The local people's governments at all levels along the pipeline facilities shall conduct publicity and education on the safety protection of pipeline facilities among the masses along the pipeline facilities, and be responsible for coordinating the settlement of the temporary land use, employment and other matters related to the inspection, maintenance and emergency repair of pipeline facilities.

Article 7 The local people's governments at all levels along the pipeline facilities shall strengthen the organization and leadership of the protection of pipeline facilities, take effective measures to ensure the safety of pipeline facilities, and promptly organize the relevant departments to stop and investigate and punish the encroachment, destruction, theft, looting of pipeline facilities and the oil and natural gas transported through pipelines as well as other acts endangering the safety of pipeline facilities within their respective administrative areas.

The local people's governments at all levels along the pipeline facilities, the relevant departments and their personnel shall not shelter or connive at any act of occupying, damaging, stealing or robbing the pipeline facilities, the oil and natural gas transported by the pipeline or any other act endangering the safety of the pipeline facilities. No one shall obstruct or interfere with the investigation and punishment of acts of encroachment, destruction, theft, or looting of pipeline facilities, oil and natural gas transported through pipelines or other acts endangering the safety of pipeline facilities according to law.

Article 8 The public security organs at all levels along the pipeline facilities shall be responsible for investigating and handling according to law the cases of damaging, stealing, robbing pipeline facilities and the oil and natural gas transported through pipelines, as well as other cases endangering the safety of pipeline facilities.

Article 9 The relevant departments of the State and pipeline enterprises shall award units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the safety of pipeline facilities.

Chapter II Protection of pipeline facilities

Article 10 Pipeline enterprises shall be responsible for the safe operation of their pipeline facilities and perform the following obligations:

(A) in strict accordance with the national pipeline facilities construction quality standards design, construction and acceptance;

(2) Apply anti-corrosion insulation layer to the pipeline, and add cathodic protection devices;