Byco Revenue Increase by 220% - Posts Profit of Rs616 million

KARACHI, July 22, 2013: Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited (BYCO) announced

net sales of Rs26,697 million for the half-year ended December 31, 2012. This is a significant increase of 220% during the same period, 2011, when the company posted net revenue of Rs8,329 million reflecting the reliability and robustness of the core refining and marketing business. Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited earned profit before depreciation and amortization, interest and tax of Rs647 million as compared to a loss of Rs464 million SPLY.

Highlighting the numbers released, Mr. Asad Azhar Siddiqi, Chief Financial Officer, Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited said, “This was primarily due to the higher refining and marketing margins as compared

to last year.” Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited’s refined a total of 2,801,107 barrels averaging 20,152 barrels per stream day.

During this period, Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited  also successfully concluded an agreement with the consortium of nine lending banks for reprofiling of its existing syndicated finance facilities.

Also, in December 2012, Byco Terminals Pakistan Limited’s (BTPL) Single Point Mooring (SPM) was successfully commissioned. With the SPM being on line, Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited is saving substantial expenses in the form of reduced road transportation cost, operational losses and storage charges.

During this period Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited’s retail network continued to grow. Currently it stands at 229 stations throughout Pakistan.

Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited is now in the final stages of commissioning its Isomerization plant, the first such unit installed in the country. This plant will enable the Company to process light Naphtha into low Benzene environmental friendly Motor Gasoline and will yield better returns to the Company due to the significant differential between Naptha and Motor Gasoline prices. The Isomerization plant will be fed Naphtha from Byco Oil Pakistan Limited’s new 120,000 bpd refinery. Furthermore, this conversion of Naphtha would result into substantial savings in transporting, handling and storage costs to the Company.

About Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited

Incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company on January 09, 1995 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited operates a oil refinery at Mouza Khund, Balochistan, with a refining capacity of 35,000 barrels a day. The Company is engaged in the business of refining of crude oil into various saleable components including Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Light Naphtha, Heavy Naphtha, High Octane Blending Component, Motor Gasoline, Kerosene, Jet Fuels, High Speed Diesel and Furnace Oil.