To establish a national  regulatory framework for petroleum  pipelines, to establish a Petroleum Pipelines  Regulator as the  custodian and enforcer  of the  national  regulatory framework, to  provide  for  the  issuing of licenses relating to the construction and operation of petroleum  pipelines  and the delivery of certain commercial services in connection therewith, to  provide  for  the  registration  of  offloading facilities,  storage  facilities and certain  commercial  services  related thereto,  and for matters connected therewkh.