The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed that the Port Harcourt refinery will commence crude oil refining by early August.
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr Mele Kyari, on Monday while addressing an emergency session at the National Assembly joint committee on finance explained that the that Kaduna will also commence by December 2024.
Kyari who had earlier announced two weeks from March 2024 as the kick-off date for production from the Port Harcourt refinery, maintained that ‘he is not lying’, as he reaffirmed the new August date.
According to him, with the Dangote refinery, the target for Nigeria to attain two million barrels per day, and become a net exporter of petroleum products by December is feasible.
On Saturday, senior officials at the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the NNPCL disclosed that the facility is currently undergoing various licencing processes, following the supply of crude to the plant after it was mechanically completed in December 2023.
Similarly, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, also insisted that the plant was at its final rehabilitation stage.
“The mechanical work at the Port Harcourt refinery has been completed. Also, crude oil has been sent to the plant. What is being awaited now has to do with licensing and the like. Now, these licenses are given based on some set of time-frames.
On Saturday, senior officials at the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the NNPCL disclosed that the facility is currently undergoing various licencing processes, following the supply of crude to the plant after it was mechanically completed in December 2023.
Similarly, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, also insisted that the plant was at its final rehabilitation stage.
“The mechanical work at the Port Harcourt refinery has been completed. Also, crude oil has been sent to the plant. What is being awaited now has to do with licensing and the like. Now, these licenses are given based on some set of time-frames.
