Nigeria’s
refineries are expected to resume production before the end of February
after attacks on their feedstock pipelines forced their closure in
January, the head of refining at the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC, said yesterday.
The oil company halted crude flows to the refineries around mid-January after suspected militants blew up vital pipelines feeding the plants. The refineries were shut down few days later by the NNPC.
The 150,000 barrel per day (bpd) Port Harcourt refinery is expected
to restart its crude distillation unit on Saturday after receiving crude
supplies by sea to be followed by a resumption in pipeline supplies.
“The Warri refinery has no crude. It will take close to 10 days to pile up crude stock and for Kaduna maybe we’re another five days away after that”, Dennis Ajulu, executive director of refining and technology at the NNPC, told Reuters.
The oil company halted crude flows to the refineries around mid-January after suspected militants blew up vital pipelines feeding the plants. The refineries were shut down few days later by the NNPC.
“The Warri refinery has no crude. It will take close to 10 days to pile up crude stock and for Kaduna maybe we’re another five days away after that”, Dennis Ajulu, executive director of refining and technology at the NNPC, told Reuters.
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