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  • Is Pakistan a palm oil producer?
  • KARACHI: Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province has successfully completed a pilot oil palm cultivation and extraction project, putting the country on the list of palm oil producers. An oil extraction facility at the site of the pilot oil palm plantation in the province’s southern Thatta district produced its first oil last week.
  • What is Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL)?
  • Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) is a leading oil refinery among oil refinery companies in Pakistan, established in 1960 and located in Karachi, Sindh. PRL has a refining capacity of 2.1 million tons of crude oil per year, making it one of the smaller refineries in the country.
  • Which is the largest oil refinery in Pakistan?
  • National Refinery Limited (NRL) is one of the largest oil refinery companies in Pakistan, established in 1963 and located in Karachi, Sindh. NRL has a refining capacity of 17.0 million tons of crude oil per year, making it one of the largest refineries in the country. The company is a subsidiary of Pakistan State Oil Company Limited.
  • Is there oil in a palm plantation in Sindh?
  • An oil palm from Sindh's plantation in Thatta on July 24, 2020. The oil content of the plantation's palm fruit is 2 percent higher than the world average. (Photo courtesy: Sindh's Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development)
  • Is palm oil extraction a good idea in Sindh?
  • “The palm oil extraction is being done as a test run at the moment and the results are wonderful and very encouraging,” Muhammad Aslam Ghouri, secretary of Sindh’s Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development which is running the project, told Arab News on Friday.
  • Where is a pilot oil palm plantation in Sindh?
  • The site of a pilot oil palm plantation in Sindh's Thatta district on July 24, 2020. (Photo courtesy: Sindh's Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development) Oil content of palm fruit from Sindh's plantation in Thatta is 2 percent higher than the world average