The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) 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
Divisions Administration Division Bio Refinery Division Refinery Division International Cooperation Division Gas Projects Division Exploration Division Marketing Division General Division Finance Division Economics & Statistics Division Vigilance Division Corporate Affairs Desk Parliament Cell Information Technology Cell Pay and Accounts Division
Autonomous Regulatory and Planning Authorities Centre For High Technology Directorate General of Hydrocarbons. Oil Industry Development Board. Oil Industry Safety Directorate Petroleum Planning And Analysis Cell Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
Cabinet Ministers Note: I/C Independent Charge
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel Swaran Singh 17 April 1957 10 April 1962 Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru Minister of Mines and Fuel Keshav Dev Malviya(Minister without cabinet rank) 10 April 1962 26 June 1963 Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru Swaran Singh 26 June 1963 19 July 1963 O. V. Alagesan(Minister of State) 19 July 1963 21 November 1963 Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals Humayun Kabir 21 November 1963 24 January 1966 Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda O. V. Alagesan(Minister of State) 24 January 1966 13 March 1967 Indira I Indira Gandhi Asoka Mehta 13 March 1967 22 August 1968 Indira II Kotha Raghuramaiah(Minister of State) 22 August 1968 14 February 1969 Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals Triguna Sen 14 February 1969 18 March 1971 Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira GandhiMinister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals Dajisaheb Chavan(Minister of State) 18 March 1971 2 May 1971 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira GandhiMinister of Petroleum and Chemicals Prakash Chandra Sethi(Minister of State) 2 May 1971 29 January 1972 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi H. R. Gokhale 29 January 1972 5 February 1973 D. K. Barooah 5 February 1973 10 October 1974 Keshav Dev Malviya 10 October 1974 24 December 1975 Minister of Petroleum Keshav Dev Malviya 24 December 1975 24 March 1977 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira GandhiMinister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 29 March 1977 15 July 1977 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Morarji Desai(Prime Minister) 16 July 1979 28 July 1979 T. A. Pai 28 July 1979 19 August 1979 Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh Aravinda Bala Pajanor 19 August 1979 26 December 1979 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Shyam Nath Kacker 26 December 1979 14 January 1980 Janata Party (Secular)Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals Prakash Chandra Sethi 16 January 1980 7 March 1980 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi Veerendra Patil 7 March 1980 19 October 1980 Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers Prakash Chandra Sethi 19 October 1980 15 January 1982 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi P. Shiv Shankar 15 January 1982 2 September 1982 Minister of Petroleum Nawal Kishore Sharma(Minister of State, I/C) 31 December 1984 25 September 1985 Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv GandhiMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Nawal Kishore Sharma(Minister of State, I/C) 25 September 1985 20 January 1986 Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi Chandrashekhar Singh(Minister of State, I/C) 20 January 1986 24 June 1986 N. D. Tiwari 24 June 1986 22 October 1986 Brahm Dutt(Minister of State, I/C) 22 October 1986 2 December 1989 Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals M. S. Gurupadaswamy 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh Satya Prakash Malaviya 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra ShekharMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas B. Shankaranand 21 June 1991 18 January 1993 Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao Satish Sharma(Minister of State, I/C) 18 January 1993 16 May 1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self H. D. Deve Gowda(Prime Minister) 1 June 1996 21 April 1997 Janata Dal Deve Gowda Self Inder Kumar Gujral(Prime Minister) 21 April 1997 9 June 1997 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Janeshwar Mishra 9 June 1997 19 March 1998 Samajwadi Party Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ram Naik 13 October 1999 22 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Mani Shankar Aiyar 23 May 2004 29 January 2006 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Murli Deora 29 January 2006 22 May 2009 28 May 2009 19 January 2011 Manmohan II S. Jaipal Reddy 19 January 2011 28 October 2012 Veerappa Moily 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 Dharmendra Pradhan(Minister of State, I/C until 3 Sep 2017) 27 May 2014 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi 31 May 2019 7 July 2021 Modi II Hardeep Singh Puri 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III
Ministers of State PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Fuel Keshav Dev Malviya 17 April 1957 10 April 1962 Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal NehruMinister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals O. V. Alagesan 21 November 1963 24 January 1966 Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda Kotha Raghuramaiah 18 March 1967 22 August 1968 Indira II Indira Gandhi Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals Jagannath Rao 14 February 1969 27 June 1970 Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi Dajisaheb Chavan 14 February 1969 18 March 1971 Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary 26 June 1970 18 March 1971 Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary 18 March 1971 2 May 1971 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira GandhiMinister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals Shah Nawaz Khan 9 November 1973 10 October 1974 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi K. R. Ganesh 10 October 1974 1 December 1975 Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers Janeshwar Mishra 14 August 1977 11 July 1978 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Narsingh Yadav 26 January 1979 15 July 1979 Saugata Roy 4 August 1979 14 January 1980 Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan SinghMinister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals Chaudhary Dalbir Singh 8 June 1980 19 October 1980 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira GandhiMinister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers Chaudhary Dalbir Singh 19 October 1980 2 September 1982 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira GandhiMinister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Sushila Rohatgi 24 June 1986 22 October 1986 Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv IV Rajiv GandhiMinister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals Bhajaman Behara 23 April 1990 10 November 1990 Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap SinghMinister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas S. Krishna Kumar 21 June 1991 18 January 1993 Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao T. R. Baalu 6 July 1996 19 March 1998 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Santosh Kumar Gangwar 20 March 1998 13 October 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee E. Ponnuswamy 13 October 1999 7 February 2001 Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee III Santosh Kumar Gangwar 22 November 1999 24 May 2003 Bharatiya Janata Party Sumitra Mahajan 24 May 2003 22 May 2004 E. V. K. S. Elangovan 23 May 2004 25 May 2004 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Dinsha Patel 29 January 2006 22 May 2009 Jitin Prasada 28 May 2009 19 January 2011 Manmohan II R. P. N. Singh 19 January 2011 28 October 2012 Panabaka Lakshmi 31 October 2012 26 May 2014 Rameswar Teli 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi Suresh Gopi 10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III
Public sector undertakings The ministry has ownership over these public sector undertakings (PSUs) of the government of India. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited (BL) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Engineers India Limited (EIL) GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (AVFCCL) Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) Oil India Limited (OIL) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)
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 (MOP&NG), Government of India founded the institute through an Act of Parliament ("Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act 2007").
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.