Numerical modeling and assessment of natural gas pipeline separation in China: the data from Henan Province

Abstract China’s natural gas market is focusing on price reform and aims to reconstruct vertically integrated industrial chains in the future. Based on the mixed complementarity problem model of gas markets with nodes in Henan Province, China, as an example, this paper applies numerical modeling to...

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Auteurs principaux: Jian-zhong Xiao, Wei-cheng Kong, Xiao-lin Wang, Ming Li
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Langue:EN
Publié: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/f098312b464649e6ba345f3a044421f3
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Résumé:Abstract China’s natural gas market is focusing on price reform and aims to reconstruct vertically integrated industrial chains in the future. Based on the mixed complementarity problem model of gas markets with nodes in Henan Province, China, as an example, this paper applies numerical modeling to simulate the effects of social welfare and equilibrium prices on nodes in two scenarios: pipeline integration and pipeline separation. The findings reveal the following: (1) Pipeline separation yields greater overall social welfare than pipeline integration, with the welfare shifting from gas producers to consumption markets. (2) Pipeline separation lowers the equilibrium consumption prices by driving competition among gas supply sources. (3) Pipeline separation will increase the contribution of natural gas to primary energy.