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Nigeria - The Ongoing work at two refineries in Port Harcourt is almost at an end and production might begin in 3 days - if one's being optimistic.
Read: Nigeria's Four Refineries to Begin Production of Fuel in July
According to Ohi Alegbe, spokesperson for the NNPC, the two refineries in Port Harcourt are scheduled to begin to receive crude next week while others would follow shortly after.
He said parts of the problems with the Port Harcourt refineries had to do with lack of electricity to power the facility.
“We have now installed a mini power plant to solve that problem,” the NNPC spokesperson said.
He said the turnaround maintenance of the refineries, which he said began in November 2014, was being undertaken by NNPC’s in-house engineers.
“We had to resort to in-house engineers after the original builders of the refineries, who were called in to do the job, kept coming up with outrageous bills,” he said.
However, the return of Nigeria's four refineries will not put an end to fuel importation in the country, even if they're all working at full capacity.
The refineries will cumulatively refine 19 million litres of petrol per day. Nigeria consumes 40 million litres per day.
Culled from Premium Times
Read: Nigeria's Four Refineries to Begin Production of Fuel in July
According to Ohi Alegbe, spokesperson for the NNPC, the two refineries in Port Harcourt are scheduled to begin to receive crude next week while others would follow shortly after.
He said parts of the problems with the Port Harcourt refineries had to do with lack of electricity to power the facility.
“We have now installed a mini power plant to solve that problem,” the NNPC spokesperson said.
He said the turnaround maintenance of the refineries, which he said began in November 2014, was being undertaken by NNPC’s in-house engineers.
“We had to resort to in-house engineers after the original builders of the refineries, who were called in to do the job, kept coming up with outrageous bills,” he said.
However, the return of Nigeria's four refineries will not put an end to fuel importation in the country, even if they're all working at full capacity.
The refineries will cumulatively refine 19 million litres of petrol per day. Nigeria consumes 40 million litres per day.
Culled from Premium Times
