The dissertation is devoted to the development and solving scientific tasks found in the disclosure regulation features regional natural gas markets in in conditions of globalization, which proves promising areas of rapprochement domestic natural gas market with the world energy market. Based on the analysis of the literature suggested a comprehensive scientific and theoretical grounding influence on the formation processes of regionalization unique for each international regions as subsystems of the world economy, the mechanisms regulating regional markets natural gas, which is mainly in the peculiarities of the geopolitical situation in the region, the presence of / lack of integration of powerful international entities in the degree of political weight of regional economic cooperation organization, the dominance of a mode of transportation of natural gas in the geography of the location of natural gas resources and access to companies' importing from economically developed countries in the region, the state energy policy member of the regional energy trade. Mechanism of regulation of modern regional natural gas markets has diverse institutional and functional structure, that includes: firstly, the instruments, including international legal framework (European Energy Charter Treaty to the Charter, etc.), intergovernmental agreements, gas contracts and regulatory instruments energy policies of each country; secondly, regulated entities - international organizations (IEA, GECF, etc.) and regional organizations Economic Cooperation (APEC, NAFTA, EU, etc.), national governments of the member countries of the regional market, the companies participating in the market (as can be sub 'the objects and objects of regulation); Thirdly, the objects of regulation, which refers to the regional gas market participants - national and transnational power / gas companies, exporting countries, transit countries, foreign countries exporting gas infrastructure; Fourth, regulatory purposes (the leading goal - energy security of the participating countries market). In a progressive process of globalization and regionalization of the world economic space, despite the tendency to increase the role of international actors and instruments regulating gas markets, the dominant influence in this area are the national governments. Systematization and analysis of publications of the study subjects allow to identify the following economic factors influencing the parameters of regional natural gas markets: first, market conditions significantly depends on the volume of proven gas reserves; second, an important factor in the dynamics of world production of natural gas; thirdly, the magor factor in the regional natural gas market is the volume and dynamics of resource consumption; fourth, an important economic factor in the regional gas market are exports and imports of the world; fifthly, the economic factor is of particular relevance in recent times, is diversification of sources of supply of imported gas. Necessity forced the formation of an effective state policy in the field of unconventional gas in Ukraine in the context of existing and projected geopolitical, political, social and economic risks of integration of domestic natural gas market of European energy space. Improved scientific and theoretical research approach functioning regional markets natural gas and the mechanisms of their regulation. Entered further study of Ukrainian-Russian economic relations in the gas sector in the light of evaluation of these relations of position prospects integration of gas markets Ukraine and EU generalization practice in natural gas markets in the Asia-Pacific region and the European Union in order to identify the extent of the impact on the formation processes of regionalization mechanisms regulating gas markets; research components of the mechanism of regulation of current regional natural gas markets, the results of which formulated the basic characteristics and specific features of each link mechanism.
