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OMCs: Old habits die hard

Seemingly touted as a last resort, consistently high power demand shortfalls in the face of delayed on-boarding of new capacity meant reliance on FO, raising demand for the fuel by +132%MoM/-1%YoY to 0.86mn tonnes, near historical averages. Consequently, total industry sales for May'18 reached 2.45mn tonnes +31%MoM/+1%YoY where ex-FO total industry sales were +7%YoY. Retail segments remained strong, with MOGAS/HSD sales at -2%/+15%MoM and +4%/+2%YoY. Cumulative 11MFY18 volumes stood at 22.5mn tonnes was lower by -4%YoY (+4% ex-FO sales), where growth in HSD (+9%YoY at 8.38mn tonnes) and MOGAS (+9%YoY at 6.74mn tonnes already exceeding FY17 total) failed to bridge the gap left over from FO's decline (-21%YoY, decline of ~1.7mn tonnes). Market shares during the period for PSO/HASCOL/APL were 51.0/12.0/8.6% vs. 55.0/8.6/7.9% during 11MFY17.

Underlyings
Attock Petroleum

Attock Petroleum Limited is engaged in the procurement, storage and marketing of petroleum and related products. The Company offers a range of lubricants blended with base oils and additives at its Automatic Batch Blending facility. Its products include diesel engine grades, such as GOLD TURBO PLUS, GOLD TURBO, GOLD XTRA and GOLD-50; gasoline engine grades, such as HIDRIVE SUPREME, HIDRIVE SUPER and ATTOCK T-2; industrial grades, such as ATTOCK Hydraulic Oil AW Series, ATTOCK Gear Oil EX Series and ATTOCK TURBINE Oil, and gear oils, which include various specifications, such as EP 140, EP 90, 85W/90 and 85W/140. It has a multi-fuel retail network of approximately 540 retail outlets. The Company's retail outlets also offer compressed natural gas, as well as non-fuel retailing options, such as tuck shops, car services and lubricants. It supplies various types of fuels to various businesses, including manufacturing industry, armed forces, agricultural customers and power producers.

Hascol Petroleum Limited

Pakistan State Oil Co.

Pakistan State Oil is a petroleum group based in Pakistan. Co.'s principal activities are the procurement, storage and marketing of petroleum and related products. Co. also blends and markets various kinds of lubricating oils.

Shell Pakistan Ltd.

Shell Pakistan is engaged in the formulation, blending, distribution, marketing, import, export, and sale of the following petroleum products: gasoline, kerosine, aviation fuel, diesel oil under the Shell Rimula brand name, and furnace oil. Co. also operates a network of service stations and convenience stores.

Provider
AKD Securities Limited
AKD Securities Limited

AKD Securities Ltd. is one of the leading securities firm in Pakistan, providing a comprehensive range of investor focused services, including equity brokerage, economic and securities research, investment banking and financial advisory services. AKD Securities accounts for more than 6% of the average daily value of the Karachi Stock Exchange. AKD Securities was the first brokerage house to launch an online trading platform in Pakistan in November 2002 and now has the largest market share with over 6000 customers. This has helped diversify and expand the retail investor base in the country and ushered in a whole new universe of investors to the stock market.

AKD Securities Ltd. caters to a diversified group of domestic and international institutional investors, high net worth individuals and upscale retail clients, including expatriate Pakistanis. With high quality research, unparalleled execution and distribution capability for both regular and large block trades, AKD Securities Ltd. has earned an outstanding reputation in the Pakistani securities industry.Outside of commercial banks, AKD Securities Ltd. is one of the biggest capital market firms in the country. AKD Securities is the leader in raising and providing risk capital in underwriting, market making and mergers and acquisitions in Pakistan. Good corporate governance and professionalism are emphasized throughout the firm and AKD Securities Ltd. is amongst the very few companies to have introduced a firm-wide comprehensive CODE of ETHICS, overseen by an independent compliance manager.Ultimately, our success is based on the quality of service we provide to our customers and the trust and confidence reposed in us by them. Our focus, therefore, remains on customer satisfaction at all levels in the company.

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