The Attock Petroleum Limited (APL) is one of four oil marketing companies in Pakistan to be granted a license (in February, 1998). Attock Petroleum is part of the Attock Group of Companies

Attock Group of Companies

The Attock Group of companies is engaged in oil exploration, production, refining, manufacturing of petroleum products, chemicals, manufacturing and trading of cement, real estate, and other sectors...

, which is the only fully integrated group in the oil & gas sector of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 involved in exploration & production, refining

Refining

Refining is the process of purification of a substance or a form. The term is usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. For instance, most types of natural petroleum will burn straight from the ground, but it will burn poorly...

 & marketing. Attock Petroleum's corporate head office is registered in Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

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APL is one of the fastest growing oil marketing companies in Pakistan, having successfully established its network of petrol pumps in NWFP & Punjab. APL is presently strengthening its presence in major urban areas such as Karachi, upper Punjab and Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

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APL outlets are fully equipped with modern hardware and service techniques to provide extraordinary service to customers, including CNG at selected stations. Other facilities like tire shop, mosques, and rest areas are also on-site.

In order to further increase its market penetration, APL has recently entered into a hospitality arrangement with other oil marketing companies to focus on retail development in high volume generating areas (e.g. major cities and highways). In line with this objective, APL has already applied for the required Non-Objection Certificates (NOC’s) for prime locations in Islamabad, Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

 and Peshawar

Peshawar

Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....

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For better controls and improved customer service at sites, APL also operates a quality assurance unit, for on-site testing of petroleum products. Currently APL has 149 outlets in Pakistan.

APL has also opened two petrol stations in Jalalabad

Jalalabad

Jalalabad , formerly called Adinapour, as documented by the 7th century Hsüan-tsang, is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River near the Laghman valley, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately of highway with...

, making APL the first oil marketing company in Afghanistan.