Port Harcourt, Warri Refineries commence production - NNPC

Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have commenced preliminary production of petroleum products after successful test-runs.

 

In a statement by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja on Wednesday, the corporation explained that this followed successful re-streaming after a nine-month phased rehabilitation by in-house engineers and technicians.

According to the statement, PHRC was ramping up its operation to about 60% of its 210,000 barrels per day name plate capacity which move is projected to boost the nation’s local refining capacity with a product yield of five million litres of petrol per day, while WRPC production is projected to hit 80% of its installed 125,000 bpd capacity which would contribute 3.5 million litres of petrol to local refining capacity.

Alegbe explained that NNPC adopted the phased rehabilitation after the Original Refinery Builders (ORB), initially contacted for the project after a decision was taken in 2011 to engage them for each of the refineries, came up with unfavourable terms.

It stated that with the successful re-streaming of the PHRC and WRPC, attention had moved to the 110,000 barrels per day Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC), which is billed to come on stream soon.