ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday signed the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Amendment Ordinance 2026, according to a President House statement.
The president, on the advice of the prime minister, issued the ordinance to amend sections 2 and 3 of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2002.
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) was established by the Federal Government on March 28, 2002 in pursuance of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002.
The objective of OGRA is to “foster competition, increase private investment and ownership in the midstream and downstream petroleum industry, protect the public interest while respecting individual rights and provide effective and efficient regulations”.
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The Authority comprises of Chairman/Chairperson and three Members viz; Member (Gas), Member (Finance) and Member (Oil) who are professionals with rich experience in their respective fields.
They can serve for maximum two terms subject to retirement on attaining the age of 65 years. Consequent upon the establishment of OGRA, 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. OGRA was, therefore, in a position to start its functions in respect to natural gas immediately upon its establishment.