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In this Issue Retail outlet inaugurated 2

New Appointments 2

GO imports HSD 3

Survey of Pakistan teams visit depot sites 3

Safety alert on heat exhaustion 4

Shamiana Meeting held in Lahore 4

Addition to lubricants portfolio 4

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GO introduces Mirr Oils range of Lubricants

After appointing Pakistan Autos at Sohrab Goth as the first GO distributor, another milestone was achieved when the first GO

Shamiana Meeting was held at the Super Auto Market at Sohrab Goth, Karachi, on March 17, 2016.

Mr. Sajjad Ali, the Distributor, actively participated with GO in organizing the Shamiana Meeting.

Through the Shamiana Meeting, a successful attempt was made to reach out to the target market i.e. the influencers. In the purchase of lubricant products, these are the target audience and genuine representatives of the local market. They showed keen interest in the product information presented to them at the Shamiana Meeting.

The meeting commenced with recitation from the Holy Quran after which introduction about the company and lubricants was given.

First Shamiana Meetingheld in Karachi

First Shamiana Meetingheld in Karachi

Continued on page 4 Ms. Khan addressing the shop owners in Karachi

Mr. Hadi briefing the shop owners in Karachi

Lahore GO Office

Lubricants

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New Appointments

GO’s Anam Retail outlet located in Rawalpindi was inaugurated at an impressive ceremony.

The Chief Guest on the occasion was Mr. Riaz Hussain Peerzada, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination. A large group of people attended the auspicious occasion, including bureaucrats, politicians, company officials and the general public.

The ceremony commenced with ‘dua,’ which was followed by ribbon cutting and short speeches made by the chief guest as well as Mr. Irfan Zikria, who is a GO official, and the dealer.

After dinner, at the end of the ceremony, the chief guest fueled his car himself and this initiated the first sale at Anam Retail outlet. Congratulations to Team GO!

Retail outlet inaugurated

Chief Guest offering dua at the inauguration ceremony

Aftab Ahmed Shah appointed GM, Retail Sales & LubricantsMr. Aftab Ahmed Shah has joined GO as General Manager, Retail Sales & Lubricants. He is a veteran of the oil industry and has 36 years experience, with specialized expertise in Oil and Lubricants. This includes 15 years in Corporate Management at Chevron in Pakistan, Africa and Saudi Arabia. At Caltex from 1979 to 2009, he served in Retail Sales

and Lubricants. In 1998, with functionalization at Chevron, he was made incharge of Chevron lubricants in Pakistan.He was Chevron’s expatriate Area Logistics Manager in Africa. In 2005, he became head of Chevron Lubricants joint venture company in Saudi Arabia. He served as General Manager till 2009, establishing Chevron Lubricants from scratch. He has also served as Managing Director of Pak Grease Manufacturing Company for six years (2009-2015).

Ali Akber Khaleel joins as GM, Operations, Logistics, Installations & HSSEMr. Ali Akber Khaleel has been appointed General Manager Operations, Logistics, Installations and HSSE, from February 3, 2016. He joined GO as a Consultant in November, 2015 to oversee infrastructure development projects. He was later given additional responsibilities of the HSSE function in the company.

Mr. Khaleel is a Marine Engineer. He sailed on ocean-going vessels for 9 years before joining Caltex in 1986. He later did his MBA from the IBA, Karachi in Marketing and retired from Chevron Pakistan Limited, formerly Caltex Oil Pakistan Ltd. in October 2014. During his 28 years with Caltex/Chevron, he served in Operations, Distribution, Transport and Logistics departments. He has also managed construction projects of Terminals, Depots and Lube Blending Plant.

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Verification of coordinates of a pro-posed depot site is a prerequisite

for obtaining a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This is done by the office of the Surveyor General of Pakistan through their Regional Offices in various prov-inces. The GO team contacted the Re-gional Office in Lahore for verification of coordinates for depot sites at Mah-moodkot, District Muzaffargarh, Kotla Jam, District Bhakkar and Vehari, Dis-trict Vehari.

The Survey of Pakistan office in Pe-shawar was approached for setting up a GO depot at Sarai Naurang, District Lakki Marwat, while the Survey of Pak-istan office in Karachi was approached for a depot site at Daulatpur, District Shaheed Benazirabad.

The surveyors from the various re-gional offices of the Survey of Pakistan visited proposed GO depot sites and completed the verification of site co-ordinates and height at these depots. They submitted their reports to the respective Circle Directorates which would be forwarded to the Office of the Survey of Pakistan in Islamabad from where the formal letters of verification of depot site coordinates would be is-sued.

Survey of Pakistan teams visit depot sites

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Operations

GO imports HSD To meet Pakistan’s growing demand for HSD (High Speed Diesel), the vessel MT NAVIG8 EXCELSIOR carrying HSD arrived at the FOTCO Oil Berth at Port Qasim, Karachi, on April 22, 2016. This was the first HSD import undertaken by Gas & Oil Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

Survey of Pakistan surveyor at Bhakhar site

Depot coordinates are being verified at Daulatpur site

Equipment to verify coordiates installedat Sarai Naurang site

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As a token of appreciation, GO branded giveaways were distrib-uted to all participants who appreciated the company’s services. The program was conducted by Mr. Aleem Abdul Hadi and supported by Mr. Ali Akber Khaleel, Ms. Farah Khan and Syed Salman Fazli. The proceedings successfully ended with lunch.

More opportunities for Shamiana Meetings are highly recom-mended as they provide for direct marketing interaction with cus-tomers.

Shamiana Meeting held in Lahore for promotion of Mirr Lubricants

Another Shamiana Meeting was held at Star Petroleum, Shami Market, Ferozpur Road, Lahore on April 8, 2016. It was at-

tended by important customers and it particularly focused on Mirr Lubricants.

This Shamiana Meeting will further help GO in making the brand visible and boost sales. The meeting commenced with recitation from the Holy Quran after which an introduction about the company and lubricants was given.

GO’s branded giveaways were distributed to all participants. The program was conducted by Mr. Arshad Abbas and supported by Mr. Nasir Ahmed, Mr. Zabihullah, Mr. Asad Saeed, Mr. Qasim and Mr. Shafi Saif Ullah.

Mr. Tahir Mehmood Butt is GO’s first lubricant distributor in La-hore.

Addition to lubricants portfolio

GO has recently introduced the Mirr brand of Lubricants – superior quality German

technology-based lubricants – in the Paki-stan market. Initially, Automotive lubricants covering PCMOs, DEOs and MCOs were introduced. Now GO has imported and in-creased its product range to provide cus-tomers with a diverse portfolio of lubricants. The current consignment of lubricants in-cludes industrial lubricants, notably Hydrau-lic Oils. These are supreme performance an-ti-wear oils engineered for wide temperature applications. With the introduction of these Industrial grades, GO will become a major player in the industrial sector in addition to catering to the automotive sector.

HSSE

Lubricants

Shamiana Meeting (Continued from page 1)

Mr. Shah addressing the shop owners in Lahore

Mr. Ahmed addressing the shop owners in LahoreMr. Khaleel addressing the shop owners in Karachi

Safety alert on heat exhaustion

With the advent of summers, the weather has become very harsh with ambient temperatures rising above 40 degrees Celsius almost all over

the country. The situation becomes worse in areas where humidity is high. This makes the ambient temperature feel even higher than what appears on the thermometer. One must therefore, avoid exposure to the sun as much as practically possible and remain fully hydrated at all times to avoid exhaustion and heat related illnesses.

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