Oil Ministry forms 3-member panel to address LPG requirement in hospitality sector

New Delhi: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has formed a three-member committee comprising Executive Directors (EDs) from oil marketing companies (OMCs) to meet with representatives from automobiles, hotels and restaurants associations and help resolve their issues regarding the supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

The development comes after several restaurant and hotel associations said that their LPG supply situation was tight and if more stocks were not made available, several establishments would have to stop operations.

The three-member panel includes K Sailendra from Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL); TV Pandiyan from Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), and Dhruv Kapil from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL).

“In light of current geopolitical disruptions to fuel supply and constraints on supply of LPG, the Ministry has taken the step for higher LPG production and securing it for supplying to domestic customers. Along with ensuring supplies to all domestic customers, it has been decided to make supplies as per requirement to the essential non-domestic sectors like hospitals, educational institutions, etc,” IOCL said on X.