P/HARCOURT, WARRI REFINERIES BEGIN PRODUCTION

The Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC) and Warri Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd (WRPC) have commenced preliminary production of petroleum products, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday.

Both refineries came on stream after a nine-month phased rehabilitation exercise conducted by its in-house engineers and technicians.
The corporation in a statement by its spokesperson Mr Ohi Alegbe said while PHRC is ramping up its operation to about 60 percent of its 210, 000 barrels per day name plate capacity; WRPC production is projected to hit 80 percent 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 5million litres of petrol per day while Warri refinery would contribute 3.5 million litres of petrol to local refining capacity.
It however, said attention has now moved to the 110,000 barrels per day Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company which is billed to come on stream soon.