National Refinery Limited ( NRL ) Company Profile:
National Refinery Limited ( NRL ) was incorporated on August 19, 1963 as a public limited company. Government of Pakistan took over the management of NRL under the Economic Reforms Order, 1972 under the Ministry of Production, which was exercising control through its shareholding in State Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Corporation (PERAC).
The Government of Pakistan had decided to place the National Refinery Limited under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources in November 1998.
In June 2003 the Government of Pakistan decided to include NRL in its privatisation programme. The selling of 51% equity and transfer of management control to a strategic investor had been proposed accordingly, the due diligence process for the privatisation was initiated. After competitive bidding NRL was acquired by Attock Group in July 2005. The Company has been privatised and the management control handed over to the new owner Attock Group on July 7, 2005.
As directed by MOE (PD), NRL commissioned UOP licensed Diesel Hydrotreater Unit having capacity to process 29,765 BPSD of HSD to improve it to Euro II specifications. The plant has a capacity to reduce sulphur content in HSD to as low as 10 PPM. In October 2017, the Company has successfully commissioned Isomerization Unit having capacity to produce 6,793 BPSD of Isomerate.
Human Resource
Petroleum Refining involves complex and hazardous operations, therefore, a high degree of skill and efficiency is required for its safe operation. In order to meet this requirement, freshly qualified professional degree holders are employed as Trainees under a Management Trainees Scheme. The duration of Training is normally one year which may be increased or decreased depending upon performance of the Trainee during training. Initially, the Trainees are acquainted with theoretical concepts involved in Petroleum Refining and then they are deputed to different functional areas for practical training. The lectures on theoretical concepts are delivered by professionals working in Refinery having extensive experience besides possessing professional degree in the relevant field. The Trainees are periodically evaluated to gauge their level of knowledge and skill attained and accordingly their training program is reviewed and also revised if necessary.
Similarly, there is an Apprenticeship scheme whereby professional Diploma Holders and Intermediates in Science are provided Training in Refinery Operations and Maintenance. The duration of training in this scheme is 2 years for Diploma Holders and 3 years for Intermediates.
Besides training of fresh professionals, the professionals already working in NRL are also provided training in order to update their knowledge with the latest developments in their field by conducting Continuing Professional Development Programs.
HUMAN RESOURCE
Human Resource is the most valuable asset of Refinery as professionals trained in Refinery Operations and Maintenance are not easily available. The human resource consists of Management and Non-Management staff and their total present strength is more than 1,000.
In order to meet their genuine needs for maintaining good living standard and good health, there are various benefit schemes besides Salary, notable among those are: –
- Medical Assistance for Self and Family
- Leave Fare Assistance
- Children’s Education Scholarship for Workmen
- Car Loan (Interest Free)
- Club Membership for Managers and above
- Hajj on Company expenses for Workmen
- Housing Assistance Scheme (Interest Free)
- Pension and Gratuity
