Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC) has reviewed its achievements during the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19, which include meeting around 60-65% needs of Upper Egypt provinces in relation to oil products, as noted by a press release by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

The statement came during a meeting that Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla held with the head of ASORC Mahmoud El Shabory to review the work of the company during the FY 2018/19.

El Shabory said that ASORC refined around 3.5 million tons of crude oil to produce high-quality products including gasoline 92 and 80, butane, jet fuels, and diesel.

ASORC implemented several projects with investments reached EGP 2 billion, including establishing a plant to produce naphtha fuel with amounts reaching 660,000 tons annually.