The Institute plays an effective supportive role in
the development of domestic energy sector by disseminating
vital technical information in the form of an annual
publication PAKISTAN ENERGY YEAR BOOK.
Publication of a six-monthly journal of international
standard: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF HYDROCARBON RESEARCH.
The first ever book on GEOLOGY OF PAKISTAN has been
published from Germany as a spin off of the HDIP-BGR
cooperation.
Among other activities, HDIP has organized many national
and international conferences, the major ones being
the International Symposium on Petroleum for the Future
in 1988, the First South Asia Geological Congress (GEOSAS-I)
in February 1992, at Islamabad.
The Third South Asia Geological Congress (GEOSAS-III)
was held at Lahore from September 23-26, 2000