Our Ministry

The Ministry of Energy and Mines is created as an organism of the Central Administration of the State, in charge of proposing, and once approved, directing and controlling the policies of the State and the Government in the energy, geological and mining sectors of the country, in terms of the activities of:

1. Generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electrical energy.

2. Exploration and production of oil, gas and other combustible minerals; production of lubricants and marketing of lubricants, fuels and derivatives, alcohol as fuel and liquefied and manufactured gas.

3. Management of geological knowledge and information, including the investigation, exploitation and processing of solid mineral resources, mineral-medicinal waters and medicinal sludge, as well as the commercialization of these, of salt and its derivatives.

4. Preservation, exploitation and rational use of mineral and energy resources that favor sustainable and sustainable development.

5. Development and use of renewable sources of energy, which contribute to energy security and environmental protection

Taken from (Decree - Law no. 301, article 2, of October 9, 2012, published in the extraordinary Official Gazette no. 51 of December 3, 2012).