The institute was established with the objective of training workers and craftsmen engaged in Bangladesh's energy sector, conducting research on the potential for hydrocarbon acquisition, conducting advanced surveys on development, innovating technology-based information systems and subsequent operational activities, and providing technical and technological support to institutions related to energy activities. By 2015, the BPI had trained 2,822 energy professionals through 181 training courses, workshops, and seminars.
The organization usually organizes a dozen training courses every year on various topics including geology, geophysics, geochemistry, energy engineering, well logging, mining engineering, energy management, pipeline engineering, gas transmission and distribution, accounting and finance, safety and environment, and project management. In conducting these training courses, it utilizes its own trainers as well as experienced trainers in the energy sector and foreign professionals. In addition, the organization sends its experienced trainers as instructor representatives to various energy-related organizations or companies abroad. The BPI headquarters are located in Uttara Model Town in its own premises.[4]
