PM Shehbaz Approves $6 Billion Refinery Upgrades Plan

[Owaiz]

What do you think all these agreements with Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar etc entail???


We need to ensure the Hindus are thrown out of the Muslim world

Have Aramco or Kuwait Petroleum announced they are building refineries in Pakistan? I must have missed the news.

 

[hussain0216]

Have Aramco or Kuwait Petroleum announced they are building refineries in Pakistan? I must have missed the news.

Patience

The world is changing and we have to play smart

Identity your enemies, the Hindus, the Zionists etc and prepare

Our main objective to to wake others up, especially in the Muslim world to mutual enemies

 

[CallSignMaverick]

14x higher not 26x, but that will change. It will be 10x in few years.

Upgradation and new greenfield refinery in Hub Balochistan capacity will reach 33mt by 2035. India should cut its further investment plans in refineries because market will be flooded in few years.

Janaab, aap capacity aur throughput ke darmiyan farq nahi samajhte? 10 v/s 260 MTPA?

 

[c14-Isotope]

Good for Pakistan but a government which has to prostrate itself in front of international lenders for a bailout every few years to pay off existing debt, where are they gonna get $6 billion to upgrade its refineries or build a strategic reserve ?

O&G companies are among the few companies that are cash rich in Pakistan, & they can easily extract money from people without a fuss.

If their government believes this is the best use of that money, then such hairbrained ideas should be welcomed.

The delusions and day-dreaming re India is funny, India's O&G expansions are done primarily keeping India's own rising demand in mind. Pakistan's current demand is tepid, it's refineries remain underutilised, and their future growth is expected to remain subdued.

 

[hydrabadi_arab]

The delusions and day-dreaming re India is funny, India's O&G expansions are done primarily keeping India's own rising demand in mind. Pakistan's current demand is tepid, it's refineries remain underutilised, and their future growth is expected to remain subdued.

Pakistani refineries are old which mean Pakistan had to import 6-7MT refined oil last year. This upgradation will change that and also produce surplus diesel. The consumption of diesel is going down with solarization.

2. From Import Reliance to Exporting Surplus​

By upgrading to deep-conversion technology and expanding physical capacity, Pakistan will drastically alter its fuel supply dynamics. The modernization will double domestic petrol output and increase diesel production by nearly half, completely covering domestic demand.
Projected Production vs. Consumption (Post-Upgrade)

Product	FY26 Consumption	Post-Upgrade Capacity	Net Balance
High-Speed Diesel (HSD)	~6.85 million MT	~11.42 million MT	+ 4.57 million MT (Surplus)
Motor Spirit (MS/Petrol)	~7.68 million MT	~7.76 million MT	+ 0.08 million MT (Surplus)
Total Refined Imports Needed	6.70 million MT	0 MT	100% Import Substitution

Thats not all, the aim is to reach 33mt by 2035.

 

[c14-Isotope]

Pakistani refineries are old which mean Pakistan had to import 6-7MT refined oil last year. This upgradation will change that and also produce surplus diesel. The consumption of diesel is going down with solarization.

2. From Import Reliance to Exporting Surplus​

By upgrading to deep-conversion technology and expanding physical capacity, Pakistan will drastically alter its fuel supply dynamics. The modernization will double domestic petrol output and increase diesel production by nearly half, completely covering domestic demand.
Projected Production vs. Consumption (Post-Upgrade)

Product	FY26 Consumption	Post-Upgrade Capacity	Net Balance
High-Speed Diesel (HSD)	~6.85 million MT	~11.42 million MT	+ 4.57 million MT (Surplus)
Motor Spirit (MS/Petrol)	~7.68 million MT	~7.76 million MT	+ 0.08 million MT (Surplus)
Total Refined Imports Needed	6.70 million MT	0 MT	100% Import Substitution

Thats not all, the aim to reach 33mt by 2035.

There's something called refining margins, you will still need to import crude oil. We are looking at a crude oil glut after Iran is settled.
And Russians will also fix their refineries.
I hope your government has taken everything into account, and will share the numbers of their projections so that people can make an informed guess.

 

[TAC]

Good for Pakistan but a government which has to prostrate itself in front of international lenders for a bailout every few years to pay off existing debt, where are they gonna get $6 billion to upgrade its refineries or build a strategic reserve ?

As usual bad butt hurt & burn at first sign of anything remotely positive about Pakistan.

 

[c14-Isotope]

Crack spread historically, average spread from 1980s to 2021 is ~$10/bbl
Likely to go down back to <$20 levels after the Russo-Ukraine, Iran wars are settled.

Muh exports

 

[hydrabadi_arab]

There's something called refining margins, you will still need to import crude oil. We are looking at a crude oil glut after Iran is settled.
And Russians will also fix their refineries.
I hope your government has taken everything into account, and will share the numbers of their projections so that people can make an informed guess.

I hope India stop any further plans for refinery expansion because Pakistan is back in the business.

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

Yeh Indians ko kya ho gya is khabar ko sun kar?