Karachi September 13, 2007: Atlas Power Limited (APL) and
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) have entered into a fuel supply arrangement for
APL’s planned 213 MW Independent Power Project (IPP).
The document was initialed at a ceremony at PSO House. The Group Director
Strategic Planning & CEO Atlas Honda Pakistan Limited, Mr. Saquib H.
Shirazi, and Managing Director & CEO of Pakistan State Oil Company (PSO),
Mr. Jalees Ahmed Siddiqi, represented the two sides.
Under the arrangement, PSO will provide total furnace oil requirement of
213 MW for Atlas Power plant located at Lahore - Shaikhupura Road. This
is significant in the backdrop of growing energy demand of the country and
also due to the fact that during last 11 years this is the first agreement
initialed between an IPP and PSO.
Mr. Kalim A. Siddiqui, Executive Director - Customer Services, PSO, Mr.
Yacoob Suttar Executive Director - Finance & IT, PSO, and Mr. Maqsood
A. Basra, CEO, Atlas Power Limited, along with senior officials of both
organizations were present.
Atlas group is a leading business house in Pakistan having diversified portfolio
consisting of automobile, engineering, financial and trading services. The
arrangement endorses PSO’s strength as leading energy company and
its commitment to the energy sector of Pakistan. |