Pakistan will start importing RON 92 standard petrol from October, which will improve efficiency of vehicles and give good mileage per liter, official sources in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources said.
"Currently, the country is importing 87 RON petrol; which is not of a very high quality, but from October we are going to replace it with RON 92 standard petrol," they told APP.
Besides, they said the government was making tireless efforts to increase the country's oil refining capacity.
Accordingly, a task to Pakistan Arab Refinery Company (PARCO) to complete Khalifa Coastal Refinery, having capacity to produce 250,000 barrels per day, which was pending for last several years. They said six oil and gas discoveries were made in June, adding 83 discoveries were made in three years since the present federal government took over.