Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority ( ur, , abbreviated as OGRA) is an agency of the
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces, two autonomous territorie ...
, responsible for regulating the oil and gas sector in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It was established in 2002.
History
On March 28, 2002 the Federal Government of Pakistan established Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), in pursuance of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002. The Natural Gas Regulatory Authority (NGRA) was subsumed by the OGRA, all properties and works done by the NGRA were transferred to and protected under the OGRA Ordinance.
Organization
Chairman/Chairperson heads OGRA, along with three Members to oversee gas, finance and oil affairs related to authority. Each member can serve for maximum two terms subject to retirement on attaining the age of 65 years. Chairman and members are being appointed by federal government through a competitive process on tenure basis in accordance with the provisions of the OGRA Ordinance. Masroor Khan is current chairman OGRA, along with Muhammad Arif (Member Gas from 21st November 2019) and Zain-ul-Abideen Qureshi (Member Oil from 1st October 2020).
Functions
Section 6 of the OGRA Ordinance give powers to the authority. OGRA has the exclusive power to grant licenses for regulated activities in the
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon d ...
,
compressed natural gas
Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of , usually in ...
(CNG),
liquefied petroleum gas
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas) is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, propylene, butylene, isobutane and n-butane.
LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cookin ...
(LPG),
liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the vol ...
(LNG) and oil sector. These activities include construction of pipelines, development of transmission and distribution network, sale and storage of natural gas, installation, production, storage, transportation and marketing of CNG, LPG and LNG, laying the pipelines, establishing/operating refineries, construction/operation of storages, lube oil blending plants and marketing of petroleum products in the oil sector.
Some of the specific major functions are:
* Determination of revenue requirement and prescribed prices of natural gas utilities and notification of prescribed and consumers sale prices.
* Computes & notifies ex-refinery price of SKO including ex-depot prices of SKO & E-10 and Inland Freight Equalization Margin (IFEM) for all products.
* Monitoring the pricing of petroleum products under the deregulated scenario.
* Enforcement of technical standards and specifications (best international practices) in all the regulated activities.
* Resolution of public complaints and disputes against lincesees and between licensees
See also
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Mining in Pakistan
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Fuel extraction in Pakistan
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List of minerals of Pakistan
References
External links
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
2002 establishments in Pakistan
Government agencies established in 2002
Energy regulatory authorities
Energy in Pakistan
Regulatory authorities of Pakistan
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