Evaluation Of Value Chain Of The Natural Gas Industry From The Perspective Of The Distribution Of Natural Gas In The Pipeline Network

With the gradual improvement of China’s economic level,China’s natural gas market is entering a "golden stage".In this paper,a calculation is made to analyze the value chain of the natural gas industry in a certain area from the perspective of the distribution of natural gas in the pipeline network.Firstly,this paper conducts a survey of natural gas pipeline network flow distributions,industrial chain development and the value chain research methods in home and abroad,and especially the production and importation,pipeline transportation,and market of natural gas in China are investigated.The basic parameters,such as the locations of the entry and delivery point,the distance of the pipelines,the prices of the gas source,the rate of pipeline transmission,and the prices of the provinces’ gate station,for the natural gas pipeline network in a certain area are given.Secondly,based on the condition of the pipeline network,flow distributions in the network are respectively conducted by the empirical balance method,and the unknown flow of the distributing pipe is researched,then a value chain model is developed.And the model was used to quantitatively analyze the outcome or the income of the entire industrial chain and natural gas production and importation,pipeline transportation,and market sales,and the natural gas peak shaving expenses generated during the measurement process,and the profit margins of the main gas sources and the main target markets.Finally,based on the value chain model of natural gas,for the first time,from the perspective of the flow distribution of the pipe network,the improvement measures to optimize the value chain by analyzing the flow of the pipe network are proposed.Conclusions and recommendations,about gas source competitiveness,classification of high-end natural gas markets,introduction sequence for incremental gas,and countermeasures for oil companies to improve the overall efficiency of natural gas industry under regulatory and market mechanism reforms,are drawn.