The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have been successfully re-streamed after a nine-month phased rehabilitation exercise conducted by its in-house engineers and technicians.
In a statement, NNPC said both plants have commenced preliminary production of petroleum products after successful test-runs, noting that while PHRC is ramping up its operation to about 60 per cent of its 210, 000 barrels per day (bpd) name plate capacity, WRPC production is projected to hit 80 per cent of its installed 125, 000 bpd capacity.
The NNPC said the Port Harcourt Refinery is projected to boost the nation’s local refining capacity with a product yield of five million litres of petrol per day while Warri Refinery would contribute 3.5 million litres to local refining capacity.
Providing insight into the rehabilitation exercise, the it noted that it had to adopt the phased rehabilitation strategy after the Original Refinery Builders (ORB) who were initially contacted for the project came up with unfavorable terms.
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