The pressure is on Engr Ibrahim Onoja, the managing director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC), and Mrs Usua Ofonmbuk Edet, the acting managing director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), as the deadline to resume full petrol production is set for December.
In December, the federal government reiterated that the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries must begin operations.
As reported by SAREWAHAUSA, the federal government had suggested that the two plants would begin locally refining 160 barrels of crude oil per day in December.
The forecast is for 100 bpd of output from the Warri refinery by December, with an initial contribution of 60 bpd from the Port Harcourt refinery at the same time.
Senator Heineken Loikpobiri, minister of state for petroleum (Oil), made this announcement during a recent trip to the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC).
Mele Kyari, the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of NNPCL, together with other senior executives and the managing directors of NNPCL’s key operating divisions, joined Lokpobiri on his visit.
Construction manager Femi Fagbuaro, speaking on behalf of WRPC’s MD, said that in December the facility would begin operations at 100 bpd, or around 60% of its installed capacity, with further increases to full capacity.
The plant’s MD, Engr Onoja, claimed that production would begin at 60bpd in December and eventually reach above 200bpd in December 2024.
It is intentional, as I have contacted the MDs of the various refineries, who are there to give us daily briefings about the progress being done, Lokpobiri added. “That is why I have come, so that nobody will say I am in Abuja and making statements there.”
You heard me: I will make them answer for the dates they gave to Nigerians.
“For the time being, I want Nigerians to have faith that we would put them to the best use for Nigerians’ advantage once this rehabilitation is through.
NNPCL and the refinery are government-owned assets of critical importance.
As an example, you can say, “I want to see how this place can be fully rehabilitated so that we can stop or reduce the quantity of products imported into the country.”
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