Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) is a leading oil and gas
exploration and production company listed on all the three
stock exchanges of Pakistan. The Company's prime focus is
to deliver perforamnce through excellence in the field of
exploration, drilling and production of crude oil and gas.
Pakistan Oilflelds Limited (POL), a subsidiary of The Attock
Oil Company Limited (AOC), was incorporated on November
25, 1950. AOC was founded in 1913 and made its first oil
discovery in 1915 at Khaur, District Attock. AOC has, therefore,
pioneered exploration and production of oil and gas in this
region nearly a century ago. In 1978, POL took over the
exploration and production business of AOC. 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 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 Limited.
In 2005, the Company acquired a 25% share in National Refinery
Limited, which is the only refining complex in the country
producing fuel products as well as lube base oils.
