G. A. Sabri, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MPNR) accompanied by Pakistan Petroleum Limited’s MD and CEO Khalid Rahman, GME Anwar Moghul and ME (JV) Abdul Wahid visited Eni’s head office in Milan, Italy, to attend the Management Committee Meeting (MCM) of Offshore Indus Blocks M, N and C in Pakistan where the two companies are joint-venture partners.

Pakistan Petroleum Limited Welfare Trust (PPLWT) organized a three-day eye camp from November 6 to November 8 at Taluka Hospital for the residents of Kamber, a small hamlet in district Larkana.

The 57th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), held on September 18 in Karachi, approved the financial statements together with the Auditor’s Report for the financial year ending June 30, 2008.

Federal Minister and Chairman National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) Dr. Asim Hussain visited Pakistan Petroleum Limited’s head office on September 16 to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee of Pakistan Petroleum Exploration and Production Companies Association (PPEPCA) on Petroleum Policy.

For many corporate organizations, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is still at a nascent concept. But not at Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL). The company’s CSR programme dates back to the start of commercial operations in Sui back in the 1950s when PPL established Model School Sui for the children of workers and local communities in what still remains one of the most remote stretches of the country.

In a first-ever for the country’s corporate sector, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) was chosen as an Authorized Training Office for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’s (ICAEW) ACA, widely recognized as the world’s leading chartered accountancy qualification programme.

The Information Technology (IT) Department of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) organized a kick-off meeting for the Systems Applications and Products (SAP) project ‘Revolution’ at Karachi’s Sheraton Hotel and Towers on October 20. The event marked the launch of the assessment phase which will focus on the business requirements and its further implementation in the realization phase in addition to upgrading the SAP system.

Observing Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) rules is not premised solely on safeguarding company assets but also ensuring the well-being of employees and in turn their dependents. This was the primary learning from the intensive two-day HSE workshop for managers and departmental heads held at Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi, on October 28 and 29.

The academic block of Hub School funded by Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) will be ready by March 2009 as 75 percent of the work has already been completed. Spread over an area of 24,000 square feet, the academic block will have 24 classrooms. PPL’s donation covers not only the construction but also furniture and other necessary fixtures.

The countdown to the 2008 Performance Excellence Awards has begun. Divided into two categories – tangible and intangible – the awards seek to motivate company employees and encourage extraordinary performance, innovation, creativity, cost savings, waste elimination, productivity gains and complexity reduction.

Today, as never before, our world is faced with the daunting challenge of discovering new hydrocarbon reserves and optimizing production from existing ones. Soaring oil prices, which recently crossed US$ 140 a barrel, have intensified and further fueled the competition among Exploration & Production (E & P) companies.

PPL is playing a vital role in meeting the country’s energy requirements since the early decades of 50s’ and has successfully established itself as a reliable partner in providing clean and safe energy from indigenous sources.

Progress has entered the 53rd year of its publication — and that too without a break. Not a mean feat by any standard. So it is an apt occasion to acknowledge the huge debt of gratitude we owe to our supporting cast, comprising PPL staff and employees, former colleagues and a large sustained readership in the corporate world and media.

Turkmenistan will present an audited report on gas reserves by the end of the current year in the meeting of the steering committee on Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project to be held in New Delhi, media sources disclosed on September 12.