Attock Refinery Limited (ARL), a key player in Pakistan’s downstream petroleum sector, has temporarily shut down its main crude distillation unit amid low crude oil stocks and reduced upliftment.
The listed refinery shared the development in a Friday notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).
“We wish to inform you that due to low crude stocks, reduced upliftment of PMG & HSD [Premium Motor Gasoline and High-Speed Diesel] by OMCs [oil marketing companies] during December 2025 leading to high products stocks at refinery.
“ARL will be shutting down its main crude distillation unit (HBU-I) of 32,400 BPSD [barrels per stream day] capacity for 3-4 days, w.e.f. January 4, 2026,” read the notice.
ARL shared that essential maintenance activities would be carried out during the shutdown.
“Other crude units will remain in operation during this shutdown along with normal operation of downstream process units. Committed volumes and uninterrupted dispatches for the current month shall be ensured during the shutdown period,” it added.
At the time of filing this report, the share price of ARL was hovering at Rs695.80, a gain of Rs4.84or 0.7%.
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).
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