Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, has announced that full rehabilitation of Nigeria’s four refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna will commence in January next year.
Mr Kyari, who unfolded the schedule for the refineries’ during a tour of the Port-Harcourt Refining and Petrochemical Company (PHRC) on Saturday, said the corporation is determined to ensure the refineries achieve optimum refining capacity by 2022.
“We will stick to the schedule. We will deliver this project by 2022. We will commence actual rehabilitation work in January next year.
“We will do everything possible between October and December this year to close out all necessary conditions for us to deliver on the project,” the NNPC spokesperson, Ndu Ughamadu, quoted Mr Kyari as saying.
Mr Ughamadu said the NNPC chief believes that with the support from all the shareholders, including the present administration, NNPC staff and contractors, the full rehabilitation of the refineries will be achievable on schedule.
The visit to the refinery, Mr Ughamadu said, was a demonstration of the GMD’s strong determination and commitment to ensuring that the nation’s refineries deliver value to address the petroleum products supply needs of Nigerians.
During the tour, Mr Kyari reiterated his resolve to make all the refineries to operate at optimal capacities.
The repair of the refineries to restore the country’s refining capacity was one Mr Kyari’s cardinal programmes on his agenda as be assumed office in July this year.
