- According to him, the Refinery is processing 60,000 barrels per day of crude.
- The Port Harcourt refinery has a combined 250,000 barrels per day capacity.
Nigeria’s owned Port Harcourt Refinery has commenced partial production of crude oil.
After being moribond for years, the refinery is starting operation with 60 percent refining capacity.
The spokesperson of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Olufemi Soneye, made this known on Tuesday.
According to him, the Refinery is processing 60,000 barrels per day of crude.
The Port Harcourt refinery has a combined 250,000 barrels per day capacity.
This comes after several failed commencement deadlines.
Last week, the NNPC disclosed why the hitherto moribond but perennially-maintained and dollar-gulping Port Harcourt Refinery had not commenced operations.
The state-owned Petroleum company had said the refinery would begin operation in September but the deadline did not materialise just like previous deadlines issued for the take-off of the refinery were not met.
NNPC said it did not meet its last deadline and deliver the much-awaited refinery, which many observers and experts have touted as the panacea to Nigeria’s energy crisis, because of the challenges it encountered during the project.
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