The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced that the 125,000-barrel-per-day Warri Refining & Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) has resumed operations.
Mele Kyari, the NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, disclosed this during a tour of the facility in Delta state on Monday, December 30.
The news of the operational refinery comes barely a month after the old Port Harcourt Refinery began operations.
During the tour, Kyari addressed journalists with excitement in a video posted by Channels TV.
Farouk Ahmed, chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, and other officials accompanied Kyari.
The NNPC CEO told journalists:
He explained that the inspection aimed to provide transparency on the refinery’s progress and functionality.
Reacting to the development, President Bola Tinubu hailed the reopening of the Warri refinery by the NNPCL, describing it as a significant achievement in 2024.
He stated this in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy).
Part of the statement reads:
Warri refinery is located in Ekpan, Uwvie, and Ubeji, Warri; the refinery is designed to produce 13,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTA) of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of carbon black in addition to its primary output of refined petroleum products. Commissioned in 1978, the facility primarily serves Nigeria’s southern and southwestern markets.
The WRPC is one of four state-owned refineries in Nigeria, including the old and new Port Harcourt Refining Company and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company.
Ealier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Dangote Refinery is now exporting petrol from its facility to West African countries, with eight countries ready to patronise.
The Dangote Group has consistently said that the refinery can meet all the petrol needs of West Africa, including Nigeria.
Nigerians are also buying the Dangote petrol refinery at filling stations.
Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
