Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas in the country. The ministry is headed by Cabinet minister Hardeep Singh Puri, while its secretary is Pankaj Jain, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Dharmendra Pradhan, who served from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021, is its longest serving minister till date.
Areas of work
- Exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources, including natural gas.
- Production, supply distribution, marketing and pricing of petroleum including natural gas and petroleum products.
- Oil refineries, including Lube plants.
- Additives for petroleum and petroleum products.
- Lube blending and greases.
- Planning, development and control of, and assistance to all industries dealt with by the Ministry.
- All attached or subordinate offices or other organisations concerned with any of the subject specified in this list.
- Planning, development and regulation of oilfield services.
- Public sector projects falling under the subjects included in this list,
- Engineers India limited and IBP Company. together with its subsidiaries, except such projects as are specifically allotted to any other Ministry/Dept,
- Administration of various Central laws relating to Petroleum and Natural Gas
Cabinet Ministers
- Note: I/C Independent Charge
Public sector undertakings
The ministry has ownership over these public sector undertakings of the government of India.- Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Engineers India Limited
- GAIL (India) Limited
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited
- Numaligarh Refinery Limited
- Oil India Limited
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
- Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited
- Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited, a JV of Oil India Limited, Govt. of Assam, NFL, HURL and BVFCL
Research institutes
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
RGIPT is a training and education institute that gives technical and management training to the petroleum industry and was formally opened in July 2008. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India founded the institute through an Act of Parliament.Campuses
- Jais Campus: Started academic sessions in June 2008 at a temporary campus at Rae Bareli. On 15 October 2016, the institute moved from temporary campus to the permanent campus at Jais.
- Noida Campus: Besides main center at Jais, Amethi, the RGIPT also have this campus for MBA and related courses.
- Assam Campus: New campus is under construction at Sivasagar, Assam. In consonance with the charter of RGIPT, the primary objective of the Assam Center of RGIPT is envisaged to offer programmes of education and training of skilled technical manpower at the diploma and advance diploma levels including B.Sc. - M.Sc. integrated courses in various areas in the domain of the petroleum sector as per requirements of the oil, gas and petrochemical industry. On 13 May 2017, Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan jointly launched the full swing construction work of second campus at Sivasagar, Assam.
- Bangalore Campus: In July 2013, Karnataka government agreed to offer 200 acres of land to set up the Bangalore centre which is going to be the Asia's first centre on fire and safety for oil and gas sector. The institute will start functioning from 2018-19 academic year and it is purely for research in energy policy and science and technology as it is related to petroleum and energy. The institute coming up will cost Rs.1,000 crore.
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, a domain-specific Institute at par with IITs and IIMs, is established by the Government of India under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the year 2016. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 enacted by the Parliament and declared the Institute as an 'Institution of National Importance'. IIPE has achieved this prestigious status by joining with the major oil and gas corporations such as HPCL, IOCL, ONGC, OIL & GAIL.IIPE is a research focussed Institute with an emphasis on the emerging areas in the energy sectors, namely Shale Gas, Coal Bed Methane, Gas Hydrates, Conventional Energy Sources, Renewable Energy Sources, Storage, and downstream activities of oil & gas. A primary goal of research at IIPE has been to meet the country's fossil fuel and renewable energy demands.
The Institute presently offers 4-year B.Tech courses in Petroleum, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering based on JEE rankings and MSc Applied Geology and Ph.D. programmes. The Institute is presently operating its academic activities from its temporary campus. The Institute has its own state-of-the-art laboratories, research infrastructure, e-library, etc. The permanent campus of IIPE is being constructed in the beautiful and natural environment of hilly ranges in the Anakapalli district in Andhra Pradesh.