Contractors Selected: PRL to Double Refining Capacity

Staff Report

Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) has signed license agreements with industry leaders Honeywell UOP and Axens to produce Euro V gasoline and diesel specifications.

Following signing an agreement with the regulator, Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) has embarked on a significant expansion and upgrade project, signing license agreements with industry leaders Honeywell UOP and Axens.PRL signs an agreement with Ogra to avail Refineries Incentives

Zahid Mir, Managing Director and CEO of PRL, expressed enthusiasm about these collaborations, emphasizing their importance in refinery modernization and sustainable operations. He believes these partnerships will significantly shape Pakistan’s future energy landscape.

This Refinery Expansion and Upgrade Project (REUP) aims to double PRL’s refining capacity from 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 100,000 barrels per day and transition from hydro skimming to a deep conversion refinery.

The goal is to produce value-added, EURO V-compliant fuels that are more environmentally friendly than traditional automotive fuels.

In a notice issued to Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited, PRL said that for this project, it has chosen advanced technologies from Honeywell UOP for bottom-of-the-barrel conversion and naphtha processing.

This includes the Residue Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Process, the LPG Merox process, and a Naphtha complex.

Additionally, Axens has been selected to provide technology for Euro V gasoline and diesel specifications, including Prime G+®, Prime DTM, and PolynaphthaTM.