The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) is a ministry of the Government of India. It is responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas in India.
The ministry is headed by the Cabinet Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Saurabh Chandra, IAS is the Secretary of the Ministry.
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 failing 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 GasRam Naik - 1999-2004Mani Shankar Aiyar - 2004-2006Murli Deora - 2006-18 Jan 2011Jaipal Reddy - 19 Jan 2011 - 28 Oct 2012M. Veerappa Moily - 28 Oct 2012 - 17 May 2014Dinsha Patel - 2006-2009R. P. N. Singh - 19 Jan 2011- 28 Oct 2012Panabaka Lakshmi - 28 Oct 2012 - 17 May 2014Dharmendra Pr - 26 May 2014 - Till dateThe ministry has administrative control over various public-sector undertakings of the Government of India.
Balmer Lawrie & Co LtdBiecco Lawrie LimitedBongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals LimitedChennai Petroleum Corporation LimitedBharat Petroleum Corporation LimitedEngineers India LimitedGas Authority of India LimitedHindustan Petroleum Corporation LimitedIndian Oil Corporation LimitedIBP (merged with Indian Oil and became a subsidiary)Numaligarh Refinery LimitedOil India LimitedOil and Natural Gas Corporation LimitedMangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals LimitedRajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology - in Jais, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India, is a training and education institute that gives technical and management training to the petroleum industry and was formally opened on 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").On February 20, 2015, A group of seven Indian petroleum ministry and oil firm employees were arrested for allegedly stealing and leaking classified documents to energy companies in exchange for cash payments. The group stole, photocopied and leaked confidential oil ministry documents related to energy pricing and policy in exchange for undisclosed sums of money. They were apprehended when Delhi police received a tip that the men were trying to break into offices at the ministry.