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INTRODUCTION:
Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) was incorporated as a Private Limited Company in November, 1978 to take over the business of the Attock Oil Company Limited (AOC) relating to refining of crude oil and supplying of refined petroleum products. It was subsequently converted into a Public Limited Company in June, 1979 and is listed on the three Stock Exchanges of the country. The Company is also registered with Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited (CDC). Original paid-up capital of the Company was Rs 80 million which was subscribed by the holding company i.e. AOC, Government of Pakistan, investment companies and general public. The present paid-up capital of the Company is Rs 454.896 million. ARL is the pioneer of crude oil refining in the country with its operations dating back to 1922. Backed by a rich experience of more than 80 years of successful operations, ARLs plants have been gradually upgraded/replaced with state-of-the-art hardware to remain competitive and meet new challenges and requirements. It all began in February 1922, when two small stills of 2,500 barrel per day (bpd) came on stream at Morgah following the first discovery of oil at Khaur where drilling started on January 22, 1915 and at very shallow depth of 223 feet 5,000 barrels of oil flowed. After discovery of oil in Dhulian in 1937, the Refinery was expanded in late thirties and early fourties. A 5,500 bpd Lummus Two-Stage-Distillation Unit, a Dubbs Thermal Cracker, Lubricating Oil Refinery and Wax Purification facility and the Edeleanu Solvent Extraction unit for smoke-point correction of Kerosene were added.

SERIES OF FIRST
First refinery of the region (1922) First to start dispensing major products through pipeline using computerized metering system (1987) First to produce low sulfur furnace (less than 1%) (1998) First to produce low sulfur diesel (less than 0.5%) (1998) First to achieve ISO 9002 certification for quality control laboratory (1999) First to produce low lead premium gasoline direct from refinery process (1999) First to produce polymer modified asphalt (2001)

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First refinery/first petro-chemical plant / first major industry to get ISO 9001:2000 certificate (2001) First refinery / first petrochemical plant/first major industry to get ISO 14001 certificate (2002) First major industry to get OHSAS 18001 certification (2006). There were subsequent discoveries of oil at Meyal and Toot (1968). Reservoir studies during the period 1970-78 further indicated high potential for crude oil production of around 20,000 bpd. In 1981, the capacity of Refinery was increased by the addition of two distillation units of 20,000 and 5,000 bpd capacity, respectively. Due to their vintage, the old units for lube/wax production, as well as Edeleanu, were closed down in 1986. In 1999, ARL commenced JP-1 pipeline despatches, and in 2000, a Captive Power Plant with installed capacity of 7.5 Megawatt was commissioned. Another expansion and upgradation project was completed in 1999 with the installation of a Heavy Crude Unit of 10,000 bpd and a Catalytic Reformer of 5,000 bpd. ARLs current nameplate capacity stands at 40,000 bpd and it possesses the capability to process lightest to heaviest (10-65 API) crudes.

ARL MILESTONES
1910 Beginning of operations by AOC 1915 First discovery of oil at Khaur District by AOC 1922 Commissioning of two small refining units at Morgah near Rawalpindi with the capacity of 2,500 BPD 1937 Discovery of oil in Dhulian and installation of Dubbs and Lummus Plants with the capacity of 5,500 BPD 1968 Discovery of oil at Meyal and Toot oilfields 1978 Incorporation of ARL 1979 Conversion of ARL into a Public Limited Company and its listing on three stock exchanges of the country 1981 Refining capacity was increased by the addition of two distillation units of 5,000 & 20,000 BPD capacity each 1987 Commissioning of dispatches of petroleum products through pipeline to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) with computerized metering 1996 Effluent Treatment Plant 1999 Expansion and upgradation project with the installation of Heavy Crude Unit of 10,000 BPD and Catalytic Reformer Complex of 5,000 BPD 2000 Commissioning of Captive Power Plant with the capacity of 7.5 MW 2001 ISO-9001: 2000 certification

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2001 Production of Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB) 2002 ISO-14001 certification 2005 ARL's current nameplate capacity is 40,000 BPD and has the capability to process heaviest to lightest (12-65 API) crudes 2006 OHSAS - 18001 certification ARL has vast range of operation therefore it needs versatility of process. This flexibility cant be achieved without utilities operations. Utilities are the backbone of any process industry and in these utilities operations steam generation got the key importance. Steam is generated for variety of purposes. In case of refinery, steam is used mainly for stripping purpose. Other facilities of utilities operations here in ARL are instrument air, service air, plant water, soft water, drinking water, raw water, firewater, cooling water, fuel oil for plants and soda plant facility.

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