The Pakistan Oilfields Limited ( ur, ) is a Pakistani
oil and gas
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exploration company which is a subsidiary of UK-domiciled
Attock Oil Company. It is based in
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
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Punjab Province, Pakistan.
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In 1978, Pakistan Oilfields took over the exploration and production business of Attock Oil Company. Since then, Pakistan Oilfields has been investing independently. Pakistan Oilfields is a leading oil and gas exploration and production company listed on ]Pakistan Stock Exchange
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ( ur, , abbreviated as PSX) is a stock exchange in Pakistan with trading floors in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. PSX was classified by MSCI as a frontier market on 8 September 2021.
The PSX was established on 11 ...
.[Pakistan Oilfields profit rises 27 percent]
Dawn (newspaper), Updated 28 January 2017, Retrieved 21 June 2021[
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History
Pakistan Oilflelds Limited was incorporated on 25 November 1950. In 1978, the POL was horizontically integration and took over the exploration and production business of Attock Oil Company. Since then, POL has been investing independently and in joint venture with various exploration and production companies for the search of oil and gas in the country.[ In addition to exploration and production of oil and gas, POL also manufactures ]Liquefied petroleum gas
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas) is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, propylene, butylene, isobutane and n-butane.
LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cooking e ...
(LPG), Solvent Oil and Sulphur. POL markets LPG under its own brand named POLGAS as well as through its subsidiary CAPGAS (Private) Limited. POL also operates a network of pipelines for transportation of its own as well as other companies' crude oil to Attock Refinery
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
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 manufa ...]
Limited, which is the only refining complex in the country producing fuel products as well as lube base oils.[Pakistan Oilfields Limited - stock quote and company business summary on MarketScreener.com website]
Retrieved 21 June 2021
See also
* Attock Group of Companies
References
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Oil and gas companies of Pakistan
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Pakistani subsidiaries of foreign companies
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Pakistan–Soviet Union relations
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1950
Companies based in Rawalpindi
Energy companies established in 1950
Formerly government-owned companies of Pakistan
Pakistani companies established in 1950
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