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The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari, has said that over 450,000 barrels of crude has been delivered into the Port Harcourt refinery.
He said the Port Harcourt refinery would begin production by end of March.
Kyari said this after a meeting with the Senate Ad-hoc Committee, investigating the various Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) projects of Nigerian refineries.
“In the next two weeks, production will start, we did mechanical completion of Port Harcourt, that was what we said in December, 2023.
“That means, we are done with our rehabilitation work, now you are to test if this completion is okay,” Kyari said.
Speaking about the Warri refinery, Kyari said mechanical works had been completed, stressing that the facility was undergoing the regulatory compliance processes.
He, however, said Kaduna would not be ready until December.
Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Ifeanyi Ubah, on his part, said the committee was satisfied with the information from NNPCL.
He said the committee had an understanding of when to go for oversight function of the refineries.
“I believe everything is positively on track. We want the refineries to work and we have gotten firm promise from NNPCL on when they will begin operation.
“The next step is to visit the refineries and assess the progress,” Ubah said.