- Says operations were reduced due to some improvements
The management of Port Harcourt Refining Company on Sunday confirmed that operations were scaled down in the station.
The company explained that operations were scaled down to address technical issues.
Executive Director of Operations, Moyi Maidunama, who spoke during a guided tour of the refinery on Sunday, said operations were not halted.
According to him, the reduction was due to some needed improvements.
“The operations were not halted. It was obviously reduced due to some improvements that we needed to make.
“We are managing the process with the number of trucks available today, using a few loading arms for evacuation. This should be resolved soon,” Moyi Maidunama stated.
Addressing journalists, Joel Molokwu, terminal operations manager of Port Harcourt depot, shared that activities were ongoing at the facility.
“We have our loading arms operational and we have been begging them (petroleum marketers) to come in since yesterday but because today is weekend that is why they have not turned up. If you give us 100 trucks today, we will evacuate them in less than five hours.
“So, it is not our problem if there are no loading trucks, it is the tanker drivers’ problem. We have been begging them since yesterday to come around and take the products but they didn’t turn up. It was just this morning after pleading with them that they came.”
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