The Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP)
is the national petroleum Research & Development (R&D)
organization. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of
Petroleum & Natural Resources established in 1975 under
a Resolution of the Federal Government and registered as per
Societies Registration Act, 1860. The organization has now
earned itself a pioneering role in oil and natural gas resources
exploitation and use. It carries out applied research, provides
consultancy and laboratory services to the petroleum industry
and renders technical advice to the Government on matters
referred to it.