https://v2.webnotes.in/tags/oil-gas/Recent content in Oil Gas on WebNotesHugoen-INMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://v2.webnotes.in/energy-fund/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://v2.webnotes.in/energy-fund/<p>An <strong>Energy mutual fund</strong> is a thematic equity scheme that invests at least 80 per cent of its corpus in oil and gas, power, renewables, and energy-services companies. The category sits within the SEBI <a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/sectoral-thematic-mutual-fund/">sectoral and thematic</a> framework. Energy funds capture commodity-cycle and energy-transition equity exposure in a single thematic scheme.</p> <p>For Indian retail investors, energy mutual funds offer:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Commodity-cycle exposure</strong>: Oil and gas pricing dynamics.</li> <li><strong>Power generation and utilities</strong>: Stable utility-like cash flows.</li> <li><strong>Renewables transition</strong>: Growing exposure to solar, wind, EV charging.</li> <li><strong>PSU energy heavy</strong>: Many large energy companies are PSUs.</li> </ul> <h2 id="major-energy-funds">Major energy funds</h2> <ul> <li><strong>DSP Natural Resources and New Energy Fund</strong>.</li> <li><strong>Tata Resources and Energy Fund</strong>.</li> <li><strong>SBI Energy Opportunities Fund</strong>.</li> <li><strong>HDFC Energy Transition Fund</strong>.</li> <li><strong>ICICI Prudential Energy Opportunities Fund</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>The category is smaller than other sectoral categories but growing with energy-transition tailwinds.</p>