Attock Oil Company, informally called Attock Group, also known as Pharaon Group, is a UK-domiciled

conglomerate company A conglomerate () is a multi-industry company – i.e., a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Conglomerates ...

based in

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. It is the sole vertically integrated oil conglomerate company active in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

i market. The group is owned by Pharaon Family.

History

Attock Oil Company Limited (AOC) was incorporated in England on 1 December 1913, and extended into Pakistan as a branch office of a foreign company for principal business of exploration, drilling and production of petroleum products. AOC met its first oil discovery in 1915 at

Khaur Khaur is a town and union council in Pindigheb Tehsil of Attock District in Punjab Province of Pakistan. Community The major tribes of town are Muradiya(مرادیا)٫ Kahut, Chauhan, Zeldar, Awan, Budhwaal and Shipraal while main language ...

Attock District Attock District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city. The district was created in April 1904 by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was C ...

. Thereafter, AOC made significant contributions in promoting oil and gas exploration in the country by opening up the Potohar Basin as a new oil province. The Potohar Basin remained the only oil producing basin in Pakistan till the early 1970s. Although the company was established by British entrepreneurs and investors control was purchased by Saudi entrepreneur investor Gaith Pharaon in the 1970s. Pharaon's offspring still the company and the spinoffs and purchased subsidiaries. In 2004, the company invested in Pakistan. It included: petroleum pipeline from Machike,

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

to Taru Jabba,

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

, and a 150 MW power plant in

Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. Rawalpindi city is the district capi ...

Subsidiaries

The Attock Oil Company consists of the following companies:

Listed

Pakistan Oilfields Limited The Pakistan Oilfields Limited ( ur, ) is a Pakistani oil and gas exploration company which is a subsidiary of UK-domiciled Attock Oil Company. It is based in Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan. In 1978, Pakistan Oilfields took over the ex ...

Attock Refinery Limited The Attock Refinery Limited () is a Pakistani petroleum company which is a subsidiary of UK-domiciled Attock Oil Company. It is active in crude oil refining in the country.National Refinery Limited National Refinery Limited (NRL) () is a Pakistani oil refinery which is a subsidiary of UK-domiciled Attock Oil Company. It is based in Korangi Creek, Karachi, Pakistan. It is a petroleum refinery and petrochemical complex engaged in the manuf ...

* Attock Petroleum Limited * Attock Gen. LimitedAttock Gen. Limited.
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Attock Cement Attock Cement Pakistan Limited, () branded as Falcon Cement, was incorporated in Pakistan on October 14, 1981 as a Public Limited Company. The company is a subsidiary of Pharaon Investment Group Limited Holding S.A.L, Lebanon. Its main business ...

References

External links

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