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.
The HDIP was re-established under an Act of the Parliament (Act No. 1 of 2006) for the purpose of “undertaking, promoting and guiding scientific research and development in the field of hydrocarbons, and for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto.