石油产业既不是纯粹的自然垄断性产业,也不是纯粹的行政垄断产业。从石油产业的具体业务环节来看,一部分业务具有自然垄断的特点,但在经济转轨时期,政府对市场准入的限制,使得整个石油产业成为了具有自然垄断性质的行政垄断产业。但是,随着中国经济环境的变化,石油产业体制变革的不断深化,石油产业各环节的垄断性质也会不断发生变化。对石油产业进行规制改革要分环节分步骤,要根据具体环节的市场结构、垄断特点,有区别地放松规制。 The oil industry is neither a pure natural monopoly industry nor a purely administrative monopoly industry. In view of the specific business links in the oil industry, some businesses have the characteristics of natural monopoly. However, during the economic transition period, the government’s restriction on market access has made the entire oil industry become an administrative monopoly industry with a natural monopoly. However, with the change of China’s economic environment and the continuous deepening of the reform in the petroleum industry, the monopoly nature of various links in the oil industry will continue to change. Regulate the reform of the petroleum industry should be divided into steps, according to the specific aspects of the market structure, monopoly characteristics, there are differences to relax regulation.