# Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) 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

| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
| Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals |||||||||||
| 1 | | | Humayun Kabir (1906–1969) MP for Basirhat | 21 November 1963 | 27 May 1964 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1 | | | Humayun Kabir (1906–1969) MP for Basirhat | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Nanda I | | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| 1 | | | Humayun Kabir (1906–1969) MP for Basirhat | 9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri | | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 1 | | | Humayun Kabir (1906–1969) MP for Basirhat | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Nanda II | | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| 2 | | | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu (MoS) | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 1 year, 48 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | | Indira Gandhi |
| 3 | | | Asoka Mehta (1911–1984) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 13 March 1967 | 22 August 1968 | 1 year, 162 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | | Indira Gandhi |
| 4 | | | Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur (MoS) | 22 August 1968 | 14 February 1969 | 176 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals |||||||||||
| 5 | | | Triguna Sen (1905–1998) Rajya Sabha MP for Tripura | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | 2 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals |||||||||||
| 6 | | | Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP for Karad (MoS) | 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | 45 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals |||||||||||
| 7 | | | Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore (MoS) | 2 May 1971 | 29 January 1972 | 272 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| 8 | | | H. R. Gokhale (1915–1978) MP for Mumbai North West | 29 January 1972 | 5 February 1973 | 1 year, 7 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| 9 | | | D. K. Barooah (1914–1996) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam | 5 February 1973 | 10 October 1974 | 1 year, 247 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| 10 | | | Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP for Domariyaganj | 10 October 1974 | 24 December 1975 | 1 year, 75 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum |||||||||||
| (10) | | | Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981) MP for Domariyaganj | 24 December 1975 | 24 March 1977 | 1 year, 90 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers |||||||||||
| 11 | | | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (1919–1989) MP for Lucknow | 29 March 1977 | 15 July 1977 | 108 days | Janata Party | Desai | | Morarji Desai |
| – | | | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister) | 16 July 1979 | 28 July 1979 | 12 days | Janata Party | Desai | | Morarji Desai |
| 12 | | | T. A. Pai (1922–1981) MP for Udipi | 28 July 1979 | 19 August 1979 | 22 days | Indian National Congress (U) | Charan | | Charan Singh |
| 13 | | | Aravinda Bala Pajanor (1935–2013) MP for Pondicherry | 19 August 1979 | 26 December 1979 | 129 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Charan | | Charan Singh |
| 14 | | | Shyam Nath Kacker (born unknown) Unelected | 26 December 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 19 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | | Charan Singh |
| Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals |||||||||||
| (7) | | | Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore | 16 January 1980 | 7 March 1980 | 51 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira IV | | Indira Gandhi |
| 15 | | | Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MP for Bagalkot | 7 March 1980 | 19 October 1980 | 226 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira IV | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers |||||||||||
| (7) | | | Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore | 19 October 1980 | 15 January 1982 | 1 year, 88 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira IV | | Indira Gandhi |
| 16 | | | P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) MP for Secunderabad | 15 January 1982 | 2 September 1982 | 230 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira IV | | Indira Gandhi |
| Ministry disestablished during this interval |||||||||||
| Minister of Petroleum |||||||||||
| 17 | | | Nawal Kishore Sharma (1925–2012) MP for Alwar (MoS, I/C) | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |||||||||||
| (17) | | | Nawal Kishore Sharma (1925–2012) MP for Alwar (MoS, I/C) | 25 September 1985 | 20 January 1986 | 117 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 18 | | | Chandrashekhar Singh (1927–1986) MP for Banka (MoS, I/C) | 20 January 1986 | 24 June 1986 | 155 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 19 | | | N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 24 June 1986 | 22 October 1986 | 120 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 20 | | | Brahm Dutt (1926–2014) MP for Tehri Garhwal (MoS, I/C) | 22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | 3 years, 41 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals |||||||||||
| 21 | | | M. S. Gurupadaswamy (1924–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 339 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
| 22 | | | Satya Prakash Malaviya (1934–2018) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | | Chandra Shekhar |
| Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |||||||||||
| 23 | | | B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 24 | | | Captain Satish Sharma (1947–2021) MP for Amethi (MoS, I/C) | 18 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | 3 years, 119 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| – | | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | | Self |
| – | | | H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka (Prime Minister) | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 324 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | | Self |
| – | | | Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (Prime Minister) | 21 April 1997 | 9 June 1997 | 49 days | Janata Dal | Gujral | | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 25 | | | Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 283 days | Samajwadi Party | Gujral | | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 26 | | | Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy (1940–2002) MP for Salem | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 208 days | Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress | Vajpayee II | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 27 | | | Ram Naik (born 1934) MP for Mumbai North (MoS, I/C) | 13 October 1999 | 22 May 2004 | 4 years, 222 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 28 | | | Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 1941) MP for Mayiladuthurai | 23 May 2004 | 29 January 2006 | 1 year, 251 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | | Manmohan Singh |
| 29 | | | Murli Deora (1937–2014) Rajya MP for Maharashtra | 29 January 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 4 years, 349 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | | Manmohan Singh |
| 29 | | | Murli Deora (1937–2014) Rajya MP for Maharashtra | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 4 years, 349 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| 30 | | | S. Jaipal Reddy (1942–2019) MP for Chevella | 19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | 1 year, 283 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| 31 | | | Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP for Chikballapur | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 210 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| 32 | | | Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar, until 2018 Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh, from 2018 (MoS, I/C until 3 Sep 2017) | 27 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 7 years, 41 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | | Narendra Modi |
| 32 | | | Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar, until 2018 Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh, from 2018 (MoS, I/C until 3 Sep 2017) | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 7 years, 41 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | | Narendra Modi |
| 33 | | | Hardeep Singh Puri (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 3 years, 110 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | | Narendra Modi |
| 33 | | | Hardeep Singh Puri (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 3 years, 110 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | | Narendra Modi |

## Ministers of State

| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals |||||||||||
| 1 | | | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu | 21 November 1963 | 27 May 1964 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1 | | | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Nanda I | | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| 1 | | | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu | 9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri | | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 1 | | | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Nanda II | | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| 2 | | | Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur | 18 March 1967 | 22 August 1968 | 1 year, 157 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals |||||||||||
| 3 | | | Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP for Chatrapur | 14 February 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 1 year, 133 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | | Indira Gandhi |
| 4 | | | Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP for Karad | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | 2 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | | Indira Gandhi |
| 5 | | | Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP for Narmadapuram | 26 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | 265 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals |||||||||||
| (5) | | | Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP for Narmadapuram | 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | 45 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals ||||||||||
| 6 | | | Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP for Meerut | 9 November 1973 | 10 October 1974 | 335 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| 7 | | | K. R. Ganesh (1922–2004) MP for Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 10 October 1974 | 1 December 1975 | 1 year, 52 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers |||||||||||
| 8 | | | Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP for Prayagraj | 14 August 1977 | 11 July 1978 | 331 days | Janata Party | Desai | | Morarji Desai |
| 9 | | | Narsingh Yadav MP for Chandauli | 26 January 1979 | 15 July 1979 | 170 days | Janata Party | Desai | | Morarji Desai |
| 10 | | | Saugata Roy (born 1946) MP for Barrackpore | 4 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 163 days | Indian National Congress (U) | Charan | | Charan Singh |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals |||||||||||
| 11 | | | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa | 8 June 1980 | 19 October 1980 | 133 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers |||||||||||
| (11) | | | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa | 19 October 1980 | 2 September 1982 | 1 year, 318 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | | Indira Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas |||||||||||
| 12 | | | Sushila Rohatgi (1921–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 24 June 1986 | 22 October 1986 | 120 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv IV | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals |||||||||||
| 13 | | | Bhajaman Behara (born 1943) MP for Dhenkanal | 23 April 1990 | 10 November 1990 | 201 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas |||||||||||
| 14 | | | S. Krishna Kumar (born 1939) MP for Quilon | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 15 | | | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai South | 6 July 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 1 year, 256 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Deve Gowda | | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 15 | | | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai South | 21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 256 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Gujral | | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 16 | | | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly | 20 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 207 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 17 | | | E. Ponnuswamy (born 1936) MP for Chidambaram | 13 October 1999 | 7 February 2001 | 1 year, 117 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| (16) | | | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly | 22 November 1999 | 24 May 2003 | 3 years, 183 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 18 | | | Sumitra Mahajan (born 1943) MP for Indore | 24 May 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 364 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 19 | | | E. V. K. S. Elangovan (born 1948) MP for Gobichettipalayam | 23 May 2004 | 25 May 2004 | 2 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | | Manmohan Singh |
| 20 | | | Dinsha Patel (born 1937) MP for Kheda | 29 January 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 3 years, 113 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | | Manmohan Singh |
| 21 | | | Jitin Prasada (born 1973) MP for Dhaurahra | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| 22 | | | R. P. N. Singh (born 1964) MP for Kushi Nagar | 19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | 1 year, 283 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| 23 | | | Panabaka Lakshmi (born 1958) MP for Bapatla | 31 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 207 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| 24 | | | Rameswar Teli (born 1970) MP for Dibrugarh | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | | Narendra Modi |
| 25 | | | Suresh Gopi (born 1958) MP for Thrissur | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 137 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | | Narendra Modi |

## 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)
* Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)
* Engineers India Limited (EIL)
* GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL)
* Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
* Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
* Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)
* Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)
* Oil India Limited (OIL)
* Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
* Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL)

## 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.
* 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 (IIPE), 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 (MoPNG) in the year 2016. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 (No.3 of 2018) 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 (Advanced) 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.