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Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority

Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority rather than just read about it. In short: Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Urdu: اختیاریہ برائے ضابطہَ تیل و گیس, abbreviated as OGRA) is an agency of the Government of Pakistan, responsible for regulating the oil and gas sector in Pakistan. It was established in 2002.

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Reference excerpt

Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Urdu: اختیاریہ برائے ضابطہَ تیل و گیس, abbreviated as OGRA) is an agency of the Government of Pakistan, responsible for regulating the oil and gas sector in Pakistan. It was established in 2002.

History On 28 March 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. Currently chairman OGRA & member oil seats are vacant, Shakeel Ahmed (Member Finance), Shahzad Iqbal (Member Gas).

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, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquefied natural gas (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 Inland Freight Equalization Margin Mining in Pakistan Fuel extraction in Pakistan List of minerals of Pakistan

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority

In research: Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2002 establishments in Pakistan, Energy in Pakistan, Energy regulatory authorities, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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