Olusegun Ariyo
Nigeria’s owned Port Harcourt Refinery has commenced processing crude oil production.
The spokesperson of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this on Tuesday.
According to him, the refinery has kicked off at 60 per cent capacity.
He noted that the Refinery is processing 60,000 barrels per day of crude.
The Port Harcourt refinery has a combined 250 barrels per day capacity.
This comes after several failed Commencement Deadlines
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has before now, kept mum over the commencement of the petroleum products rollout from Port Harcourt Refinery after several missed deadlines.
This comes after the government-owned refinery with a combined 250 barrels per day failed to kick off petroleum products production in September 2024.
Urban Express News Online Recall in August, the Chief Financial Officer of NNPCL, Umar Ajiya disclosed that Port Harcourt Refinery’s petroleum products Would be For Testing Before it is Supplied to the Domestic Market in September
However, when the Urban Express News ONLINE reached out to the spokesperson of NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye on Tuesday for an update, he did not respond.
