PROBLEMS OF STATE REGULATION AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINE TRANSPORT OF UKRAINE AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

The article defines the purpose of pipeline transport in the system of the national economy, its cost-effectiveness factors, a list of transportation objects, features of technical and technological cycles and infrastructure. The legal principles of regulation of pipeline transport activity are summarized. It has been established that the legislation on pipeline transport regulates relations at all stages of its creation and operation, establishing guarantees for the safety of life and health of the population, ensuring the protection of the natural environment and national wealth of Ukraine from possible negative effects during the operation of objects of this type of transport. Legal objects of transportation by pipeline transport have been identified. The spheres of economic relations in the field of pipeline transport, the principles of implementation of state policy, forms of ownership of its objects in general and special cases in the context of Ukraine's ratification of the Protocol on Ukraine's Accession to the Treaty on the Establishment of the Energy Community are summarized. State management bodies in the field of pipeline transport, their powers are systematized. It is shown that the entities contributing to the allocation of land for its facilities have the priority right to supply pipeline transport products. The peculiarities of the management of pipeline transport facilities in terms of interaction with each other, as well as with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Headquarters of the Civil Defense of Ukraine have been determined. The purpose of state control in the field of pipeline transport, carried out by state administration and local self-government bodies, as well as the content of the operational activities of pipeline transport entities is defined. The content of the legal liability of violators of the legislation of Ukraine on pipeline transport and the reasons for its occurrence are summarized. The strategic foundations of the development of pipeline transport of Ukraine based on the combination of three business platforms: "Gas business", "Supply to end users" and "Low-carbon businesses" are substantiated. It was established that the main points of the strategic plans of OGTSU are: transitional fuel, joining the "Energy Systems Integration Strategy" of the EU; shift of gas transportation priorities from fossil to renewable ones; allocation of biomethane as a priority type of fuel and an important source of decarbonization of the economy; ensuring ecological, affordable and reliable spread of compressed natural gas transportation.