THE PRIME MINISTER ________ | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ________________________ |
No. 861/QD-TTg | Hanoi, July 18, 2023 |
DECISION
Approving the National master plan on infrastructure for petroleum and gas reserves and supply for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050
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THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated June 19, 2015; the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration dated November 22, 2019;
Pursuant to the Law on Planning dated November 24, 2017;
Pursuant to the Resolution No. 61/2022/QH15 dated June 16, 2022 on continuing to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of policies and laws on planning and a number of solutions to remove difficulties, speeding up the planning formulation and improving the quality of planning for the 2021 - 2030 period;
Pursuant to the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 81/2023/QH15 dated January 9, 2023, on the National Overall Master Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2050;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 37/2019/ND-CP dated May 7, 2019, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Planning;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 503/QD-TTg dated April 10, 2020, approving the task of formulating the national master plan on infrastructure for petroleum reserves and supply for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050;
At the proposal of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Report No. 3370/TTr-BCT dated May 31, 2023, documents: No. 4565/BCT-KHTC dated July 12, 2023, No. 4289/BCT-KHTC dated July 4, 2023, No. 3981/BCT-KHTC dated June 26, 2023 and Appraisal Report No. 67/BC-HĐTĐQHHTDTXDKD dated May 26, 2023 of the Appraisal Council for the national master plan on infrastructure for petroleum and gas reserves and supply for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.
HEREBY DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the national master plan on infrastructure for petroleum and gas reserves and supply for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 with the following principal contents:
I. OBJECTS, SCOPE OF MASTER PLAN
The system of crude oil, petroleum, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage warehouses serving production reserves, commercial reserves and national reserves nationwide; the system of petroleum and gas pipelines from supply points to places of consumption (excluding the infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply for internal distribution by the armed forces). Raw material and product warehouses of refineries, petrochemical plants, gas treatment plants, fuel warehouses of power plants; gas pipelines from offshore gas fields to the mainland and pipelines supplying gas from ports to refineries, petrochemical plants, gas treatment plants and power plants in conformity with the National Energy Master Plan and the National Power Development Master Plan.
II. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS
1. Developing an infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply that ensures the sustainability and suitability in terms of economy - society - environment - culture - defense and security.
2. Developing an infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply that ensures elasticity as well as reserve capacity, meets development requirements in the entire territorial space, and ensures the sustainable development associated with environmental protection, natural disaster prevention and control and response to climate change; using land in an effective, economical manner, and strictly protecting the area of paddy land, land for protection forests, land for special-use forests, land for production forests which are natural forests and nature reserve.
3. Developing an infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply that ensures the harmony of nation, locality, business and people's interests.
4. Developing a modern infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply; meeting the standards, regulations, techniques and in accordance with the requirements of development and international economic integration of the country.
5. Developing an infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply on the basis of taking advantage of the capacity of transportation connectivity, exploiting all domestic resources and encouraging foreign investors to invest in the infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply.
III. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
1. Overall objectives
Developing the national infrastructure system for petroleum and gas reserves and supply, including strategic reserves (national reserves); production reserves, commercial reserves, transportation, circulation and distribution that meets economic, technical and environmental criteria, and ensures adequate, safe and continuous reserves and supply for socio-economic development, security and defense. Ensuring the reserve capacity of crude oil and petroleum products nationwide to reach 75 - 80 days of net imports, striving to achieve 90 days of net imports; ensuring gas reserve capacity to meet domestic market demand and raw gas for the energy and industrial sectors.
2. Specific targets
a) Regarding reserve infrastructure
- Petroleum reserve infrastructure
+ Production reserve infrastructure: Ensuring the reserve infrastructure of crude oil, raw materials and products according to the design of the petroleum production and treatment plants with stable operation, meeting at least 20 days of net imports in the period of 2021 - 2030 and moving towards 25 days of net imports in the period after 2030.
+ Commercial reserve infrastructure: Ensuring the commercial reserve infrastructure to stabilize domestic market demand with an additional capacity of 2,500 - 3,500 thousand m3 in the period of 2021 - 2030 and reaching a capacity of up to 10,500 thousand m3 in the period after 2030, meeting 30-35 days of net imports.
+ National reserve infrastructure: Ensuring the national reserve infrastructure with a capacity of 500 - 1,000 thousand m3 of petroleum products and 1,000 - 2,000 thousand tons of crude oil, meeting 15-20 days of net imports in the period of 2021 - 2030; ensuring a capacity of 500 - 800 thousand m3 of petroleum products and 2,000 - 3,000 thousand tons of crude oil, meeting 25 - 30 days of net imports in the period after 2030.
- Gas reserve infrastructure
+ Ensuring the LPG reserve infrastructure with a capacity of up to 800,000 tons in the period of 2021 - 2030 and moving towards 900,000 tons in the period after 2030.
+ Ensuring the LNG reserve infrastructure full of import capacity to meet the market's consumption demand; contributing to ensuring the supply of raw material gas demand for the energy and industrial sectors with a reserve capacity of up to 20 million tons/year in the period of 2021 - 2030 and moving towards 40 million tons/year in the period after 2030.
b) Regarding supply infrastructure
Developing the petroleum and gas supply infrastructure to meet the demand for pipeline transportation from supply points (refineries, petroleum terminals, LPG distribution stations and LNG import warehouses) to centers, industrial and civil consumers.
IV. DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATIONS
1. Regarding petroleum reserve and supply infrastructure development
- Building a reserve system of crude oil and petroleum products distributed corresponding to the demand for petroleum production and consumption of regions and localities; optimizing the cost of investment, management and operation.
- Developing a reserve infrastructure of crude oil and raw materials to ensure the production stability. The scale and schedule of investment are suitable with the design capacity and production plan.
- Developing a new petroleum reserve system with a scale suitable to the consumption demand of each region and locality in each period in areas with advantages of deep-water seaports and favorable connection with the supply system, meeting the demand for commercial and national reserves.
- Renovating, upgrading and replacing the existing system of petroleum pipelines, investing in construction of and modernizing petroleum transport means (seagoing, river, road and railway means of transport).
- Investing in depth, upgrading the technology system of the warehouse and pipeline system in the direction of automation. Applying technical advances to petroleum blending, using clean fuels, boosting up the level of fire safety and environmental sanitation, applying information technology in warehouse management and exploitation.
- Developing synchronously waterway and road transport vehicles in the direction of modernity in accordance with traffic infrastructure, ensuring safety and efficiency.
- Developing a system of large-scale petroleum retail stations in new roads and new urban areas, with a roadmap to reduce the number of small-scale petroleum retail stations. Integrating utility services (recharge, car repair and maintenance, vending, catering, grocery, overnight parking, etc.) in the process of renovating, upgrading and building petroleum stations.
2. Regarding gas reserve and supply infrastructure development
- Developing a system of gas reserve and supply synchronously with import and export, exploitation, transportation and processing of oil and gas.
- Investing in building a system of storage warehouses and pipelines for transporting liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas from upstream warehouses to consumers, meeting the fuel demand for energy, fertilizer, industry, transportation and civil.
V. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1. With regard to petroleum reserve and supply infrastructure development
a) The system of petroleum storage warehouses
- The period of 2021 - 2030
+ Production reserve infrastructure
Building a system of storage warehouses at petroleum production and treatment plants according to the design capacity, meeting 15 days of raw materials and 10 days of products.
+ National reserve infrastructure
Building 500,000 m3 of new petroleum storage warehouses in service of national reserves.
Building 01-02 new storage warehouses of crude oil in areas near the refineries (Dung Quat, Nghi Son, Long Son) with a total capacity of 1-2 million tons of crude oil.
(The List of locations for investment and construction of national petroleum reserves is provided in Appendix I)
+ Commercial reserve infrastructure
Continuing to exploit 89 commercial petroleum warehouses and warehouses belonging to existing plants of oil and gas production and processing combined with commercial reserves, which have been invested and built in accordance with regulations and are operating effectively, ensuring safety with a total capacity of about 5,000 thousand m3, including about 3,200 thousand m3 of focal warehouses; nearly 800 thousand m3 of warehouses in the back line; nearly 70 thousand m3 of airport warehouses; nearly 1,000 thousand m3 of bonded warehouses.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix II)
Clearing and relocating 06 petroleum stations which are inefficient, unsafe and not in accordance with local plannings, sectoral plannings and other relevant fields.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix III)
Expanding and boosting up the capacity of 43 commercial warehouses and warehouses of plants synchronously with the plant capacity with a total expanded capacity of about 1,400 thousand m3 on the basis of ensuring a suitable land fund and meeting the requirements of infrastructure in service of production and business activities of enterprises.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix IV)
Building 59 new petroleum warehouses planned at convenient locations, in accordance with the land use planning of localities with a total capacity of about 5,100 thousand m3, including:
34 focal warehouses with a total capacity of about 3,200 thousand m3;
21 warehouses in the back line with a total capacity of about 820 thousand m3;
03 airport warehouses with a total capacity of about 68 thousand m3;
01 bonded warehouse of crude oil with a total capacity of 1,000,000 m3.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix V)
Orienting the development of petroleum warehouse system according to the supply region, meeting the requirements of national reserves and commercial reserves in line with the market demand, ensuring energy security, prioritizing the areas planned for large-scale seaports, convenient areas for water and road traffic, specifically as follow:
From the Northern region to Thanh Hoa: Developing a petroleum reserve system with a capacity of up to 1,400,000 m3, prioritizing investment in focal warehouses in seaport areas: Hai Ha port, Yen Hung port (Quang Ninh province); Nam Dinh Vu port, Lach Huyen port, Nam Do Son port (Hai Phong city); Ba Lat port (Thai Binh province) and warehouses in the black line in Hai Duong, Ha Nam and Bac Giang provinces.
The North Central region: Developing a petroleum reserve system with a capacity of up to 500,000 m3, prioritizing investment in areas: Vung Ang port, Son Duong port (Ha Tinh province); Hon La port, Mui Doc port (Quang Binh province).
The South Central Coast and Central Highlands: Developing a petroleum reserve system with a capacity of up to 500,000 m3, prioritizing investment in areas: Lien Chieu (Da Nang city), Nam Van Phong (Khanh Hoa province).
Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding areas: Developing a petroleum reserve system with a planning capacity from 2,000,000 m3 to 3,000,000 m3, prioritizing investment in areas: Long Son (Ba Ria - Vung Tau province), Go Dau - Long Thanh (Dong Nai province); Son My (Binh Thuan province), Soai Rap river (Tien Giang province); prioritizing investment in bonded warehouses to reserve 1-2 million tons of crude oil and at the same time reserve sources for Long Son Petrochemicals Company.
Can Tho city and surrounding areas: Developing a petroleum reserve system with a capacity of up to 300,000 m3, prioritizing investment in areas: Kenh Xang - Rach Cai Cui (Hau Giang province), Phu Quoc island (Kien Giang province).
- The period after 2030
+ Production reserve infrastructure
Continuing to build the reserve infrastructure of raw materials and products at petroleum production and treatment plants according to the design capacity.
+ National reserve infrastructure
Building 500,000 m3 of new petroleum storage warehouses in service of national reserves.
Building 01-02 new storage warehouses of crude oil in areas near the refineries, boosting up the total capacity to 3 million tons of crude oil.
+ Commercial reserve infrastructure
Continuing to build the petroleum reserve and supply system in accordance with development orientations in supply regions to meet the increasing consumption demand.
Continuing to invest in and upgrade technological equipment in the direction of ensuring safety on fire prevention and fighting and environmental safety and hygiene; invest in automation system and apply information technology in warehouse management and exploitation.
Relocating warehouses in inner-city areas that are unsafe or inconsistent with the local urban development orientation (such as Hanoi, Quang Ninh, etc.) on the basis of carefully studying the relocation plan, ensuring feasibility and alternative plans to maintain connection, supply, harmony and unity between business interests and local socio-economic development.
b) The system of petroleum pipelines
- The period of 2021 - 2030
+ Continuing to exploit effectively and renovate and upgrade the petroleum transportation system by pipelines which have been invested and built with a total length of 580.9 km, including:
B12 petroleum pipeline: 553.6 km;
Nghi Huong - Ben Thuy petroleum pipeline: 14.3 km;
My Khe - Khue My petroleum pipeline: 6 km;
Phu Hoa - Quy Nhon petroleum pipeline: 7 km.
+ Building new aviation fuel pipelines running from upstream warehouses in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Ba Ria - Vung Tau to the warehouse at Long Thanh airport.
- The period after 2030
+ Expanding the B12 petroleum pipeline, the section from Nam Phong warehouse (Hanoi) to the transshipment warehouse at Luong Son (Hoa Binh) with a length of about 40-50 km.
+ Building Lien Chieu - Hoa Lien petroleum pipeline (Da Nang); petroleum pipelines running from the South Central Coast’s coastal warehouses to the Central Highlands; petroleum pipelines running from the refineries to the national reserve of crude oil and products.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix VI)
2. Regarding national gas reserve and supply infrastructure development
a) The system of gas storage warehouses
- The period of 2021 - 2030
+ LPG storage warehouses
Continuing to exploit 16 existing LPG storage warehouses that have been built in accordance with regulations and are operating in an effective and safe manner with a total capacity of nearly 440 thousand tons.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix VII)
Developing the system of LPG storage warehouses nationwide to ensure an increase in capacity from 200 thousand tons to nearly 400 thousand tons, including: about 230 thousand tons in the Northern region; nearly 5 thousand tons in the North Central region; nearly 20 thousand tons in the South Central region; nearly 100 thousand tons in the Southeast region; and 50 thousand tons in the Southwest region.
+ LNG storage warehouses
Focusing on investing in, building and effectively exploiting LNG reserve infrastructure in Cai Mep industrial park located in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province and in Nam Dinh Vu industrial park located in Hai Phong city with a total capacity of about 5.1 million tons/year.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix VIII)
Expanding the capacity of existing warehouses and building a new LNG import warehouse system:
Expanding and increasing the capacity of Thi Vai LNG storage warehouse in Ba Ria - Vung Tau by 2 million tons/year;
Investing in and building a new LNG warehouse system in the Northern region with a total capacity of 0.5-1 million tons/year;
Investing in and building a new LNG warehouse system in the North Central region with a capacity of 0.5-1 million tons/year;
Investing in and building a new LNG warehouse system in the South Central region with a capacity of 5-6 million tons/year;
Investing in and building a new LNG warehouse system in the Southeast region with a total capacity of 3-5 million tons/year;
Investing in and building a new LNG warehouse system in the Southwest region with a total capacity of 1-3 million tons/year.
- The period after 2030
+ LPG storage warehouses
Developing the LPG warehouse system to increase the capacity of about 60-70 thousand tons, including: 20 thousand tons in the Northern region; 20 thousand tons in the South Central region; 10 thousand tons in the Southeast region; 15 thousand tons in the Southwest region.
+ LNG storage warehouse
Developing the LNG warehouse system to increase the capacity up to 23 million tons/year, including: from 1-3 million tons/year in the Northern region; from 1-3 million tons/year in the North Central region; from 10-18 million tons/year in the South Central region; and 3 million tons/year in the Southeast region.
(The detailed planning for expansion and new construction of LPG and LNG storage warehouses by supply regions for the period of 2021 - 2030 and after 2030 is provided in Appendix IX and Appendix X; the detailed planning for expansion and new construction of gas treatment plants and power plants is consistent with the National Energy Master Plan and the National Power Development Master Plan).
b) The system of gas pipelines
- The period of 2021 - 2030
+ Continuing to exploit the gas pipelines that have been invested and built in accordance with regulations and are operating: the 16-inch Dinh Co - Ba Ria gas pipeline with a length of 7.3 km and the Ba Ria - Phu My gas pipeline with a length of 23 km; 03 6-inch gas pipelines from Dinh Co to Thi Vai terminal, and the Phu My - Nhon Trach - Hiep Phuoc gas pipeline with a total length of 38.1 km.
+ Expanding the pipeline system of natural gas/recycled LNG to consumers and industrial zones in the Southeast region; building new natural gas pipelines running from gas treatment plants and imported LNG storage warehouses to supply gas power plants and industrial consumers.
- The period after 2030
Building new natural gas pipelines running from gas treatment plants and imported LNG storage warehouses to supply gas power plants and industrial consumers with a total capacity of 5-10 billion m3/year.
(The detailed planning for expansion and new construction of gas pipelines in phases is provided in Appendix XI)
VI. ORIENTATIONS OF LAND USE
The total demand for land use for developing the petroleum and gas reserve infrastructure as planned by 2030 is about 1,352 ha, including:
- New construction of commercial petroleum storage warehouses: 467 ha.
- New construction of national petroleum storage warehouses: 350 ha.
- New construction of petroleum bonded warehouses: 200 ha.
- New construction of LPG storage warehouses: 245 ha.
- New construction of LNG storage warehouses: 90 ha.
The total demand for land use for developing the petroleum and gas supply infrastructure as planned by 2030 is about 2,076 ha, including:
- Construction of petroleum pipelines: 224 ha.
- Construction of gas pipelines: 562 ha.
- Construction of LPG filling stations: 90 ha.
- Construction of petroleum stations: 1,200 ha.
VII. ESTIMATED INVESTMENT CAPITAL DEMAND
The total investment capital for developing the petroleum and gas reserve and supply infrastructure system by 2030 is estimated about VND 270,000 billion, mainly mobilized from non-budget capital, capital of enterprises and other legal capital sources. The State budget capital is prioritized for investment in building reserve infrastructure exclusively for national reserve infrastructure.
VIII. NATIONAL KEY PROJECTS AND INVESTMENT PRIORITIES
- Focusing and prioritizing investment in infrastructure for the national reserve of crude oil and petroleum products and pipelines running from the refineries to the national reserve of crude oil and petroleum products.
- Investing in large-scale petroleum focal warehouses in areas with deep-water ports to ensure upstream reserves and supply sources.
- Investing in storage warehouses of petroleum in combination with upstream aviation fuel at international airports, especially new airports.
- Investing in imported LNG storage warehouses to ensure gas supply for gas power plants.
- Renovating and upgrading the B12 petroleum pipeline to ensure a safe and efficient supply of petroleum to the Northern region.
- Investing in pipelines running from the refineries to the national reserve of crude oil and petroleum products.
- Investing in gas pipelines from onshore distribution stations and LNG storage warehouses to gas power plants.
(The detailed list is provided in Appendix XII)
IX. IMPLEMENTATION SOLUTIONS
1. Solutions on mechanisms and policies
- Completing mechanisms and policies in the petroleum and gas fields in order to promote investment in the development of reserve and supply infrastructure mainly in the form of socialization, contributing to ensuring energy security.
- The land and water surface funds are prioritized for the development of petroleum and gas reserve and supply infrastructure as planned.
- Developing, promulgating and completing reasonable mechanisms and policies to well perform the task of national reserve; developing mechanisms and policies to encourage enterprises to participate in the task of stockpiling national reserve goods.
- Researching and completing financial mechanisms and policies for investment projects in national petroleum reserve from the state budget.
- Researching, modifying and updating legal documents in line with international practices and the country's development situation in the context of extensive international integration.
- Researching, modifying, developing, and promulgating economic and technical standards and norms on national petroleum and gas reserves; completing legal policies on management, supervision, administration and coordination of the use of national petroleum and gas reserves.
2. Solutions on land use
Using land in an effective and economical manner, avoiding waste in land use, strictly protecting the ecological environment and the area of paddy land, land for protection forests, land for special-use forests, land for production forests which are natural forests and nature and biodiversity reserve.
3. Solutions on investment capital
- Allocating the state budget to ensure the national reserve target for petroleum, crude oil and gas products.
- Diversifying investment forms, stepping up investment promotion in order to attract domestic and foreign investors to participate in the development of petroleum and gas reserve and supply infrastructure.
- Enhancing capital restructuring and divestment of state-owned petroleum and gas enterprises; handling loss-making enterprises and projects behind schedule; concentrating capital for projects with high economic efficiency.
- Diversifying forms of loans: banks, export credits, government concessional loans, domestic and international bond issuance.
4. Solutions on science and technology
- Developing and promulgating a system of regulations/standards for LNG products/infrastructure (ports, pipelines, ships, barges, vehicles). Reviewing and supplementing regulations/standards on construction of national technical infrastructure for petroleum and gas reserve and supply.
- Boosting up research, application and technology transfer activities in order to master technology for petroleum and gas reserve and supply systems, serving sustainable development, and protecting natural resources and the environment.
- Strongly and synchronously deploying digital transformation solutions, deploying monitoring systems using the Internet of Things, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and blockchain for the management and exploitation of petroleum and gas supply infrastructure in order to take advantage of the advances of the fourth industrial revolution, thereby enhancing the efficiency of management and control of environmental pollution, fire prevention and fighting.
5. Solutions on the environment and fire and explosion prevention
- Strictly controlling the process of circulation of petroleum, gas from the stage of goods import to the process of stockpiling at warehouses and exporting products for consumption. Strictly complying with the procedures and regulations on fire prevention and fighting, oil spill response and environmental protection. Supplementing and amending environmental standards in conformity with Vietnam's environmental standards; developing long-term environmental goals in the direction consistent with national, regional and international environmental standards.
- Implementing solutions for natural disaster prevention and control, response to climate change, and solutions for fire and explosion prevention right from the design and construction process of petroleum reserve and supply infrastructure.
- Minimizing the development of petroleum and gas reserve and supply infrastructure at locations that may affect natural forests, nature and biodiversity reserves, natural heritages, classified monuments and cultural heritage, in accordance with the national environmental protection zoning.
- Strengthening the propaganda, education and dissemination of knowledge on safety, fire prevention, and environmental protection to all employees.
6. Solutions on human resource development
- Developing high-quality human resources, especially in the fields of design, construction, and operation of reserve and supply systems (warehouse systems, transportation systems, etc.) in an efficient and safe manner.
- Organizing training and re-training of technical and managerial staff in the field of energy in general, and petroleum and oil in particular, on a par with other countries in the region and the world.
7. Solutions on international cooperation
- Promoting international cooperation and integration, strengthening international cooperation with strategic partners, companies and organizations in the region and the world; encouraging and attracting foreign investment in petroleum and gas reserve infrastructure.
- Improving institutions, policies and business investment environment to attract foreign investment in the petroleum and gas reserve and supply infrastructure.
- Developing centers connecting with countries importing crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas to improve the level, reserve capacity and petroleum products in the region and in the world.
- Actively participating in treaties, organizations and alliances to reserve crude oil and petroleum products in the region and in the world.
Article 2. Implementation organization
1. The Ministry of Industry and Trade
a) Taking responsibility for the accuracy of data, documents, diagrams, maps and databases in the master plan dossier, ensuring consistency with the contents of this Decision. Archiving master plan dossier in accordance with the law on archiving.
b) Organizing the announcement of the master plan according to regulations; developing plans to implement the objectives and tasks set out in the master plan; assuming the prime responsibility for, and closely coordinating with ministries, branches, localities and relevant agencies in the process of implementing the Master plan in a consistent manner.
c) Periodically reviewing and evaluating the implementation of the master plan according to regulations; reporting to the Prime Minister on the results of reviewing and evaluating the implementation of the master plan for timely consideration and adjustment in line with the socio-economic development situation. The adjustment of the master plan must comply with the law on planning and relevant regulations.
d) Assuming the prime responsibility for, and coordinating with concerned ministries and branches in, reviewing relevant legal documents, proposing appropriate amendments (if any) to competent authorities, creating favorable conditions for production, trading and storage of crude oil and petroleum products. At the same time, proposing to assign and decentralize in the state management system from the central to local levels, ensuring effectiveness and efficiency and creating favorable conditions for enterprises of all economic sectors to participate in the task of petroleum and gas reserve and apply.
dd) Assuming the prime responsibility for, and coordinating with ministries and branches in, detailing policies on development of national petroleum reserves as well as petroleum distribution facilities in mountainous, island and remote areas.
e) Actively developing medium-term and annual public investment plans, prioritizing balancing and allocating capital for investment projects to develop the national petroleum reserve system in line with the master plan schedule.
2. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and related organizations
a) Coordinating with the Ministry of Industry and Trade according to their functions, tasks and powers in allocating resources, proposing mechanisms and policies to effectively implement the objectives of the national master plan on infrastructure for petroleum and gas reserves and supply for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, ensuring consistency and synchronism.
b) Updating, reviewing, adjusting and developing relevant plannings and projects to ensure their consistency and synchronism.
3. People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities
a) Coordinating with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and relevant ministries and branches in implementing and managing the planning, and performing land management in accordance with regulations.
b) Implementing the master plan, taking the initiative in acquiring land fund for the development of national petroleum and gas reserve and supply infrastructure planned in the provinces or cities. Reporting to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to organize consultations with relevant ministries, branches and agencies on the investment in the construction of petroleum reserve and supply infrastructure, in which the specific location has not been determined but belongs to the oriented supply regions to ensure conformity with other relevant sectoral and field plannings.
c) Formulating the plan to develop a petroleum and gas reserve system with a scale of less than 5,000 m3 in accordance with the national master plan on infrastructure for petroleum and gas reserves and supply for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.
d) Prioritizing land and water surface funds to build strategic reserve infrastructure.
dd) Updating, reviewing and adjusting local plannings and related projects to ensure their consistency and synchronism.
Article 3. Effect
1. This Decision takes effect from the date of signing.
2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of governmental agencies, chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities shall implement this Decision.
For the Prime Minister
The Deputy Prime Minister
TRAN HONG HA
* All Appendices are not translated herein.