Times of Islamabad

8 billion largest oil refinery in Pakistan, ground breaking announced

8 billion largest oil refinery in Pakistan, ground breaking announced

ISLAMABAD – Minister for Petroleum Omar Ayub Khan on Saturday said that theground breaking of Khalifa Point Refinery project will be performed by endof this year.

This eight billion dollar project is a joint venture of PARCO and theUnited Arab Emirates.

The refinery will have output capacity of 250,000 barrels per day, he told.

He further has said the government will announce a new oil and gasexploration and production policy in the next few months.

In a statement, he said we will also initiate auction of forty new oil andgas blocks from December this year. This will generate good activity in Oiland Gas sector.