- Says Refinery Recieved 450,000 Barrels of Crude Oil
- Warri Refinery Undergoing Regulatory Compliance Processes
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, on Thursday said the Port Harcourt refinery would begin production by the end of March.
Kyari, on Thursday appeared before the Senate ad-hoc committee investigating the various Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) Projects of the Nigerian Refineries, said over 450, 000 barrels of oil had been stocked into the Port Harcourt refinery.
He said, “We are serving this country with honour and dignity. And we will make sure that the promises we make on the rehabilitation of this refineries will take place.
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“We did a mechanical completion of the refinery that was what we said in December. We now have crude oil already stocked in the refinery. We are doing regulatory compliance tests that must happen in every refinery before you start it, and I assure you that this Port Harcourt refinery will start in the next two week..
“Completing the mechanical work means that you are done with the rehabilitation work, now you have to test to see how it works. Of course, we have also completed the mechanical work on the Warri refinery. It is also undergoing regulatory compliance; processes that we are doing with our regulator, and this will soon be completed and it will be ready.
“Kaduna refinery will be ready by December. We have not reached that stage in Kaduna, but we promise Kaduna will be delivered by December.
“Lastly, all the crude lines supplying crude to Port Harcourt and Warri are very active and we have delivered over 450, 000 barrels of oil into Port Harcourt refinery. We are confident of integrity of it. There may be security issues, but government is responding to that.”
A member of the ad hoc committee, Senator Barinada Mpigi, expressing his concern about security challenges which advised the NNPCL management to pay attention to in the oil rich region, just as he that said it would not augur well if the refineries are fixed and insecurity prevented crude from getting there.
