National Refinery Limited (NRL) was incorporated as a Public Limited Company at Karachi in 1963 and is listed on the three stock exchanges of the country. NRL is a petroleum refining and petrochemical complex producing a wide range of fuels, lubes, BTX (petrochemicals), asphalts and specialty products for domestic consumption and exports.
NRL has crude oil processing capacity of 62,000 BPD. Its lube refineries have a design capacity of 176,200 TPA of lube base oils (LBO) and its BTX unit has a design capacity of 25,000 TPA. NRL is the only refinery producing lube base oils in Pakistan.
The Attock Oil Group through the process of Privatisation has acquired 51% shareholding of NRL, with management control in 2005, thus becoming the largest Group in Oil & Gas sector of Pakistan.
NRL objectives and development strategy are aimed at achieving sustainable productivity and profitability and high standards of safety, occupational health and environmental care. This entails human resource re-engineering & development, enhancing value addition, implementing conversion measures and continuing growth through up gradation of existing, as well as addition of new facilities in the changing global environment.