The group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has assured the Nigerians that the refurbished Port Harcourt Oil Refinery will kickstart operations within two weeks.
Kyari conveyed this commitment during a dialogue session with the Senate on Thursday, emphasizing that the promised delivery timeframe for the Port Harcourt refinery and other refineries remains unwavering.
A statement by the NNPCL spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, quoted Kyari as saying: “We will make sure that promises that we made about the rehabilitation of these refineries are kept. We completed the mechanical completion of PHRC in December
“Now, we have crude oil already stocked in it. It is currently undergoing regulatory compliance test before we restream it. I assure you that this refinery will start in next two weeks.”
He spoke further, “For Warri, we have also done mechanical work on it. It is undergoing regulatory compliance processes that we are doing with our regulators. Kaduna will be ready by December this year, but we have not reached that stage. We believe that it will also be ready on schedule.”
Kyari clarified that since the mechanical completion of the plant in December of last year, the Port Harcourt refinery has taken in 450,000 barrels of crude oil for processing.
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He called for the cooperation of all stakeholders in the rehabilitation process, stressing that “we are all serving this country dutifully and loyally. Nigerians must understand that gradually, we shall get this task done.”
The announcement also mentioned that the Senate Ad-hoc Committee plans to imminently visit the three refineries located in Kaduna, Warri, and Port Harcourt to conduct a firsthand evaluation of the progress of the work.
