Attock Refinery halts heavy crude distillation unit operations

Attock Refinery Limited (ARL), a key player in Pakistan’s downstream petroleum sector, announced on Friday that it had shut down its Heavy Crude Distillation Unit effective February 5, 2026.

The listed refinery shared the development in a Friday notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).
“We wish to inform you that currently refinery has high Premier Motor Gasoline (PMG) stocks due to reduced upliftment by Oil Marketing Companies,” ARL informed the bourse.

It added that to avoid a complete shutdown of refinery operations, ARL had decided the closure “to manage the high PMG inventory”.

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“Other crude units will remain in operations during this shutdown along with normal operation of downstream processing units.

Committed volumes and uninterrupted dispatches for the current month shall be ensured during the shutdown period.”

Attock Refinery was incorporated in Pakistan on November 8, 1978, as a private limited company and was converted into a public company on June 26, 1979. It is principally engaged in the refining of crude oil.

The company is a subsidiary of the Attock Oil Company Limited, England, and its ultimate parent is Coral Holding Limited (a private limited company incorporated in Malta).