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LPG Plant License in Pakistan
for Storage & Filling Plants

Setting up an LPG storage and filling plant in Pakistan needs an OGRA licence, a Department of Explosives licence, and district and environmental NOCs. We prepare the file, coordinate the inspections and follow up with every department.

LPG Overview

Who Licenses an LPG Plant in Pakistan?

LPG storage and filling plants are licensed by the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) under the LPG (Production & Distribution) Rules, 2001. OGRA first issues a site-specific construction licence after its inspector has checked the site. The operating licence follows only after the plant holds an explosives licence from the Chief Inspector of Explosives and an environmental NOC. OGRA’s criteria set a minimum storage capacity of 50 metric tons for a storage and filling plant.

Who Needs This Licence

LPG Businesses

  • LPG marketing companies setting up their own storage
  • LPG storage and cylinder filling plants
  • Distributors moving to their own filling plant
  • Industrial users with large bulk LPG storage
  • Investors developing a plot into an LPG plant
  • Existing plants adding storage capacity
  • OGRA
  • 50 MT+
  • Filling Plant

Documents Required

OGRA & Explosives File

  • Application on the prescribed proforma (Appendix II, LPG Rules 2001)
  • Company incorporation certificate and NTN
  • Land ownership or lease documents
  • Site plan and plant layout drawings
  • Storage tank details: number and capacity
  • NOC from the Deputy Commissioner / District Authority
  • Explosives licence and EPA NOC before operation
  • Site Plan
  • DC NOC
  • EPA NOC

LPG Plant Licence, Step by Step

  • Step 1: Site assessment: plot size, access road and safety distances
  • Step 2: Plant layout and tank drawings prepared to OGRA criteria
  • Step 3: Application and fee submitted to OGRA
  • Step 4: Site inspection by OGRA's third-party inspector
  • Step 5: Construction licence issued; DC NOC obtained before construction
  • Step 6: Plant built and tanks installed to the approved design
  • Step 7: Explosives licence and EPA NOC obtained
  • Step 8: OGRA operating licence issued, then filling can start

LPG Plant Cost and Licence Fees

The biggest costs of an LPG plant are the land, the storage tanks, the filling and safety equipment, and the civil works. For licensing, OGRA’s published criteria list an application fee of Rs. 500,000 and a site licence fee of Rs. 25,000, and the Department of Explosives charges its own fee. Fees change from time to time, so we confirm the current amounts before you pay anything.

For an estimate for your site, share the plot location, its size and the storage capacity you plan.

 

LPG Licence FAQs

Who issues the LPG plant licence in Pakistan?
OGRA issues the construction and operating licences for LPG storage and filling plants. The Department of Explosives issues the explosives licence for storage, and the Deputy Commissioner and the provincial EPA issue NOCs. All of them are needed before the plant can operate.
OGRA's mandatory criteria allow storage and filling plants with a storage capacity of 50 metric tons or more. Smaller cylinder shops and distributors follow different rules, which we can check for your case.
Yes. We prepare the drawings and documents, file with OGRA and the Department of Explosives, arrange the DC and EPA NOCs, and attend the inspections, so you deal with one team from site selection to the operating licence.

Planning an LPG Plant?

Site assessment, OGRA and Explosives licensing, NOCs and plant construction support from one consultancy.

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