Karachi, Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that board of directors meeting of the company will be held on April 17, 2019 at Karachi. The agenda of the meeting will to consider the Quarterly Accounts for the period ended December 31, 2018.
Further, the company has declared the closed period from April 08, 2019 to April 17, 2019.
Engro Powergen is incorporated in 2008 as a subsidiary to develop
power projects in Pakistan. It is Engro Corp’s first initiative into the
country’s power sector. Our aim is to ease the burden on the nation’s energy
sector by developing projects exploring cleaner, more efficient and
economically viable sources of power generation including wind, hydro and solar
energy. Engro Powergen Limited owns and operates Engro Powergen Qadirpur
Limited, a 217 megawatt power plant and the group’s first initiative in the
power sector of Pakistan. Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited was listed on the
Karachi Stock Exchange in October 2014 where 25% of the shares were offered. As
of now Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited is 69% owned by Engro Corp via Engro
Powergen whereas the remainder is owned by the International Finance Corporation
(IFC) and employees.
This project is very unique in a way that it utilizes high sulfur gas which was
being flared through Qadirpur Gas Field for almost a decade. This energy
conservation idea showed the waste gas a right path to burn. This is a one + 1
+ one configuration dual fuel fired combined cycle power plant with a 123 MW
Gas T Turbine, 400 tons/hour Heat Recovery Steam Generator and 110 MW Steam
Turbine.
The symbol “EPQL” is being used by the stock exchanges for the shares Engro
Powergen Qadirpur Limited.
