Launched in 1981 Energy Industry publication Oil Asia Journal Conincided with the silver jublee celebrations of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation at Dehradun India .

What began with a modest circulation of about 200 copies only in India started receiving exellent response. With companies from overseas who were interested in marketing their equipment, service & technologies in the Asian market- particularly India and its neighbouring countries began subscribing to this magazine and found it to be an effective media to market their products & services.

No wonder within the last 2 decades OAJ has touched the 18000 mark and today almost every company and organisation dealing with the petroleum & related topics is subscribing to Oil Asia.