APC is one of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation Companies. It is a refinery company , started with half million Egyptian pound at year 1954 and it reached 995 million Egyptian pound at year 2004.

The purpose from the company is fulfilling the needs of the local market from the petroleum products and exporting the excess in order to increase the national income and to save the foreign specie .
In order to do that , the company uses the advanced technology to put into effect the highest production rate and to renew the styles of the work and to develop the information systems for enhancing the operating economies.

Also achieving the government policy in the field of privatization by executing the several from the joint-stoke companies with the private sector.