ISLAMABAD – The production of petroleum products witnessed 13.53 percentincrease during the fiscal year 2017-18 as compared to the correspondingperiod of the last year.

According to latest data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, theproduction of High Speed Diesel surged by 14.72 percent, Diesel oil by28.59 percent while the output of Furnace oil witnessed growth of 9.33percent.

Similarly, the production of Jute batching oil increased by 11.02 percent,Solvent Naptha by 6.54 percent while the production of LPG increased by46.94 percent.