Port Harcourt refinery to come on line in December – Sylva
The Nigerian government announced on Wednesday that the country's largest refinery will be operational by December.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, revealed this during a briefing to reporters after the federal executive council meeting held on Wednesday.
The 60,000 barrel per day capacity Port Harcourt refinery was closed in March 2019 for the first phase of repair work after the government secured the services of Italian Maire Tecnimont to manage the scoping of the refinery complex, with oil major Eni being appointed technical manager. advise.
In 2021, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said repairs had begun after the federal executive council approved $1.5 billion for the project.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Sylva said rehabilitation of the refineries was underway.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva"As we said before, the The old Port Harcourt refinery, which is around 60,000 barrels per day, will be up and running by December and, of course, we still have time in contract time to wrap up the rest of the project. es refineries in Port Harcourt,” said Mr. Sylva sai. d.
He said work at the Kaduna and Warri refineries is also progressing well.
"We will soon be undertaking an inspection visit and some of you journalists will be able to accompany us to see for yourselves the extent of the work," he said.
Reacting to a question about Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the Minister said: "The development of CNG is very much in progress.
"It's part of the promises we made, things we want to put in place before the subsidy is removed. The subsidy still hasn't been removed because some of these agreed-upon conditions have not been met and we are certainly working diligently to have all installations in place, pump stations and conversion kits.
“I can assure you that the work is continuing on this. We may not be able to announce exactly what we are currently doing or where we are, but I can assure you that the work is ongoing,” he said.
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The Nigerian government announced on Wednesday that the country's largest refinery will be operational by December.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, revealed this during a briefing to reporters after the federal executive council meeting held on Wednesday.
The 60,000 barrel per day capacity Port Harcourt refinery was closed in March 2019 for the first phase of repair work after the government secured the services of Italian Maire Tecnimont to manage the scoping of the refinery complex, with oil major Eni being appointed technical manager. advise.
In 2021, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said repairs had begun after the federal executive council approved $1.5 billion for the project.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Sylva said rehabilitation of the refineries was underway.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva"As we said before, the The old Port Harcourt refinery, which is around 60,000 barrels per day, will be up and running by December and, of course, we still have time in contract time to wrap up the rest of the project. es refineries in Port Harcourt,” said Mr. Sylva sai. d.
He said work at the Kaduna and Warri refineries is also progressing well.
"We will soon be undertaking an inspection visit and some of you journalists will be able to accompany us to see for yourselves the extent of the work," he said.
Reacting to a question about Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the Minister said: "The development of CNG is very much in progress.
"It's part of the promises we made, things we want to put in place before the subsidy is removed. The subsidy still hasn't been removed because some of these agreed-upon conditions have not been met and we are certainly working diligently to have all installations in place, pump stations and conversion kits.
“I can assure you that the work is continuing on this. We may not be able to announce exactly what we are currently doing or where we are, but I can assure you that the work is ongoing,” he said.
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