Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited Mele Kyari, has assured that the Port Harcourt Refinery will come on stream within the next two weeks while the Kaduna Refinery will start production by December 2024.
Kyari stated this when he appeared before the Senate Adhoc Committee investigating N11 Trillion spent on turn around maintenance of the country’s refineries from 2010 till date.
Kyari disclosed that the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery has been completed, having passed its completion mechanical procedure.
Kyari further explained that there are no challenges with the pipelines to deliver crude to the refineries, as the existing lines are fully pressurised to deliver crude.
He revealed that so far all crude lines are active and have delivered over 450,000 barrels into the Port Harcourt Refinery.
Chairman of the Senate Adhoc Committee, Ifeanyi Ubah however disowned the alleged report of fraud in the Turn Around Maintenance of the country’s refineries.
He added that members of the Committee will embark on a tour of all refineries in the country
to ascertain the progress of work done so far.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
