PSO unveils premium quality petrol

Upgraded petrol would remain available at current price till regulator announces new rates


Salman Siddiqui November 07, 2016
PHOTO: REUTERS

KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) will launch improved quality petrol and HOBC fuel from Monday morning (today), ahead of its nationwide sale over the next three to four days.

“The price of deregulated HOBC, under the new name of Altron X High Performance, will go up by Rs5-7 per litre,” the company’s spokesperson told The Express Tribune.

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The upgraded petrol would remain available at current price till regulator announced new rates, she said.

She did not say when the regulator would announce new prices. The regulator usually intimates new prices at the end of every month.

Pakistan State Oil (PSO) also renamed its Premium XL Gasoline to Altron Premium.

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The quality of Altron Premium is RON 92. PSO was previously selling RON 87 under the name of Premier XL Gasoline. Altron X High Performance would be RON 95-97, the spokesperson said.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2016.

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