Bangladesh Petroleum Institute (BPI) is an autonomous national research institute that carries out research on

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and provide technical assistance to organizations in the petroleum industry and is located in

Uttara Uttara, which means "north" in Sanskrit and many other South Asian languages, may refer to: Places *Uttara Export Processing Zone, Bangladesh *Uttara, a suburb north of Dhaka, Bangladesh *Uttara East Thana *Uttara West Thana *Uttaradit, a city in ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

History

The institute was created in January 1981, it is under the

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of Bangladesh. In 2004 Bangladesh Petroleum Institute act was passed by the parliament which made allocated more resource to skill development in the oil, gas and petroleum industry.

Activities

The institute was established with the objective of training workers and craftsmen engaged in Bangladesh's energy sector, conducting research on the potential for

acquisition, conducting advanced surveys on development, innovating technology-based information systems and subsequent operational activities, and providing technical and technological support to institutions related to energy activities. By 2015, the BPI had trained 2,822 energy professionals through 181 training courses, workshops, and seminars. The organization usually organizes a dozen training courses every year on various topics including

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, pipeline engineering, gas transmission and distribution, accounting and finance, safety and environment, and

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. In conducting these training courses, it utilizes its own trainers as well as experienced trainers in the energy sector and foreign professionals. In addition, the organization sends its experienced trainers as instructor representatives to various energy-related organizations or companies abroad. The BPI headquarters are located in Uttara Model Town in its own premises.

References

Organisations based in Dhaka 1981 establishments in Bangladesh Research institutes in Bangladesh Petroleum organizations Petroleum in Bangladesh Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources {{Bangladesh-org-stub