PTT was established in 1978 to operate petroleum and other related businesses. In 2001, PTT registered on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. It is a state-owned enterprise under the supervision of the Ministry of Energy. PTT is a fully integrated national petroleum and petrochemical company covering the business value chain from upstream to downstream through an upstream petroleum and gas business group, a natural gas transmission pipeline system and gas separation plants, a downstream petroleum business group and an infrastructure business group.