The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Thursday announced that production of premium motor spirits at its three refineries in Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt has reached a combined level of ten million, two hundred and thirty one thousand litres (10.23m) per day.
Briefing journalists in Abuja, Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals of the Corporation, Engr. Anthony Ogbuigwe stated that Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company is currently running at 65 per cent, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company at 63% per cent and Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemical Company at 66 per cent of installed capacities.
Engr. Ogbuigwe also revealed that the refineries are currently producing five million, five hundred and thirty thousand (5.53m) litres of dual purpose kerosene daily and eight million and sixteen thousand (8.016m) litres of automotive gas oil, diesel daily.
“I can tell you with every sense of responsibility that contrary to the news making the rounds, all our refineries are doing very well,” Ogbuigwe said.
“The major components and various units of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units, (FCCU), Crude Distillation Unit (VDU) and Vacuum Distillation Unit (DDU) of all the refineries are working well. In fact, these refineries have been running consistently for over three months now.”
He attributed the stability with which petroleum products have been supplied to motorists in the country to the good performance of the refineries, maintaining that the scheduled turnaround maintenance for the refineries are on course and already the Port Harcourt refinery has taken delivery of some of the components for its rehabilitation.
“I can tell you that five shipments for the TAM PHRC have arrived,” he said, but he decried incessant pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft, which he identified as “a big threat to the nation’s oil and gas industry.”
He then urged all stakeholders in the petroleum sector and Nigerians to team up with the NNPC in finding a lasting solution to the menace, to enable the refineries run without shutting down.
