{"id":11459,"date":"2025-09-02T12:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/?p=11459"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:20:51","slug":"pakistans-petroleum-sales-pick-up-in-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/pakistans-petroleum-sales-pick-up-in-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s Petroleum Sales Pick Up in August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite heavy rainfall across the country, Pakistan\u2019s petroleum sales showed solid growth in <strong>August 2025<\/strong>, giving a positive signal for both economic activity and energy demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key highlights from August 2025 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Total sales:<\/strong> 1.30 million tons, up <strong>7% YoY<\/strong> and <strong>6% MoM<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Petrol (MS):<\/strong> 0.67 million tons, up <strong>10% MoM<\/strong> and <strong>8% YoY<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High-Speed Diesel (HSD):<\/strong> 0.52 million tons, up <strong>3% MoM<\/strong> and <strong>14% YoY<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Furnace Oil (FO):<\/strong> 0.02 million tons, up <strong>21% MoM<\/strong> but down <strong>71% YoY<\/strong>, reflecting lower power generation needs during the monsoon season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the growth? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lower fuel prices<\/strong>: Petrol prices fell by <strong>1.8% MoM<\/strong>, encouraging more consumption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improved activity<\/strong>: Reopening of schools and seasonal demand helped boost sales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Higher car sales<\/strong>: More vehicles on the road pushed petrol and diesel demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Less smuggling<\/strong>: Curtailment of smuggled fuel from Iran supported local sales.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Company-wise breakdown <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/tag\/pso\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>PSO<\/strong> <\/a>led the pack with 0.55 million tons, up <strong>8% MoM<\/strong> but only <strong>4% YoY<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/tag\/apl\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>APL<\/strong> <\/a>grew <strong>14% MoM<\/strong>, though sales were slightly down YoY.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shell Pakistan (<a href=\"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/tag\/shel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SHEL<\/a>)<\/strong> posted a strong <strong>16% YoY growth<\/strong>, showing solid momentum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/tag\/hascol\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hascol<\/strong> <\/a>remained small in market share, with flat YoY performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bigger picture <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>first two months of FY26 (Jul\u2013Aug 2025)<\/strong>, total petroleum sales reached <strong>2.52 million tons<\/strong>, up <strong>5% YoY<\/strong>. Petrol and diesel drove the growth, while furnace oil demand kept shrinking due to reduced reliance on oil-based power generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The petroleum sector is showing resilience, supported by better demand and reduced smuggling. Petrol and diesel remain the growth drivers, while furnace oil continues to lose relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: Arif Habib Limited <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite heavy rainfall across the country, Pakistan\u2019s petroleum sales showed solid growth in August 2025, giving a positive signal for both economic activity and energy demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9252,"featured_media":9510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[168,51,166,167],"class_list":["post-11459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-apl","tag-hascol","tag-pso","tag-shel"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Top-X-Stocks16-1140x445.jpg",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Top-X-Stocks16-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Top-X-Stocks16-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"full":["https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Top-X-Stocks16.jpg",1920,1200,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11460,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11459\/revisions\/11460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksestocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}