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(E.55637)
M-1 30 1 7 (111t1 12026-LPG-PNG
Government of lndia
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
ORDER
KartavYa Bhawan-O3, New Delh!
Dated lst APril,2026
whereas the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by
Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), issued the Petroleum
Products (Maintenance of Production, Storage and Supply) Order' 1999 to regulate
the production, storage, supply of petroleuri products in the interest of sustaining
pubtic life, economy anO protecting consumers interest;
And whereas Clause 3 of the said Order empowers the Central Government,
if it is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, to direct any oil refining
company to maintain or cause- to ne maintained a level of the production of such
il;;;i;r mix subiect to such terms and conditions as may be specified'
And whereas clause 5 of the said order empowers the central Government'
to require any oil marketing company to supply or cause to be supplied one or more
petroleum products from tie stocks ireld by it at any place in.lndia to installations or
iepots of any oil marketing companies in such quantities and in such manner as may
be specified therein and foi this purpose may, by the same or a different order, require
any oil refining .orprn, to mat<'e availabie to the oil marketing company such
p"irot"r11 prod-uct or products for a period specified in the order'
And whereas Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is an essential domestic fuel
used by households for cooking across the country and uninterrupted supply thereof
is necessary in the Public interest;
Andwhereas,morethangg%ofdomesticLPGconsumedinthecountryis
supplied/marketed to households/consumers of domestic LPG by the three Public
sector oil Marketing companies (oMCs) viz. locl, BPCL, HPCL;
And whereas the central Government, having regard to.the need to ensure
adequate availability of domestic LPG, considers it nec-essary in the pubtic interest to
prioritize LPG Production;
And whereas the oil refining companies have been given a reasonable
opportunity of being heard and their sibmissions have been duly considered by the
Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause 3 and clause
5 of the Petroleum Products (Maintenance of Production, storage and supply)^order'
1999, read with section 3 0f the Essential commodities Act, 1955' the central
Government hereby directs as follows:
1. All domestic t sEZ oil refining companies including Petrochemical complexes
operating in lndia shall maximize-and ensure that entiie production of C3 and C4
streams including Propane, Butane, Propylene, Butenes, etc' being produced'
recovered, fractiSnated or othenrvise available with them in their refinery and
petrochemicat complexes is utiliseJ for production of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)pool and make it available to the three Public sector OMCs viz. IOCL, HPCL and BPCL
only except but not restricted to certain minimum quantity of C3 & C4 streams for
critical sectors based on specific quantity and refinery source as determined by Centre
for High Technology under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
2. All oil refining companies including their Petrochemical Complexes shall not divert,
utilize, process, crack, convert or otherwise employ any of the streams as mentioned
in Para 1 above for manufacture of other such downstream derivatives other than
specified petrochemical products as determined by Centre for High Technology under
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
3. All Public sector OMCs shall ensure that LPG so procured is supplied/marketed
solely to consumers of domestic LPG only.
4. Any contravention of this Order shall attract action under the Essential Commodities
Act, 1955 and the Petroleum Products (Maintenance of Production, Storage and
Supply) Order, 1999, and any other applicable law for the time being in force.
5. This Order supersedes this Ministry's order of even number dated 09th March 2026.
This order shall come into force with immediate effect and shall remain in force until
further orders of the Central Government.
(Kushagra Mittal)
Director
Government of lndia
011-2401 1214
To:
1. CMD/CEO/Chairman/Head, Oil Refining Companies
2. CMD/CEo/Chairman/Head, Oil Marketing Companies
3. ED, Centre for High Technology, Noida