The Particular Abettor on Data and Approach to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has mentioned paintings is these days ongoing on the 150,000 barrels consistent with age plant of the Port Harcourt Refining Corporate in Rivers Shape.
PHRC has two crops together with the 60,000bpd facility, and the 150,000bpd plant.
Onanuga additionally mentioned the 60,000bpd refinery is working at 70 consistent with cent of put in capability and plans to extend manufacturing in a while.
He additional mentioned the refinery receives habitual crude oil opposite to claims of missing the product.
He disclosed this then becoming a member of a fact-finding crew on the 60,000 barrels consistent with age refinery on Wednesday.
On Thursday in a put up on X titled “Putting to Rest Rumours about Port Harcourt Refinery Complex: Our Fact-Finding Mission”, the presidential aide mentioned the lies and doubts in regards to the refinery were disregarded by means of the crew’s fact-finding project.
He defined that the crew was once happy with the condition of the refinery.
Onanuga mentioned, “I used to be a part of a fact-finding crew that visited the 60,000 barrels day by day Port Harcourt Refining Advanced on Wednesday. I will be able to now percentage our findings.
“Our crew, guided by means of the refinery’s Managing Director Ibrahim Onoja, toured all the advanced, from the computerised regulate room to the loading bay and each and every division in between. We requested pointed questions and gained enough solutions, dispelling our doubts and misconceptions.
“Nigerians should forget about naysayers and fraudelant details about the refinery’s operations. Year it isn’t these days working at 100 consistent with cent, it’s performing at 70 consistent with cent put in capability, with plans to extend manufacturing in a while.
“Furthermore, the refinery receives regular crude supplies, contrary to claims that it lacks crude to refine.”
He recommended NNPCL for reviving “this dead asset,” at the “verge of becoming a museum piece.”
In November, the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Corporate Restricted, Olufemi Soneye, introduced the graduation of the Port Harcourt refinery.
NNPCL spokesman mentioned the refinery commenced operation with 60 consistent with cent capability with ongoing efforts to ramp up manufacturing.
Soneye mentioned the Refinery is processing 60,000 barrels consistent with age of crude, including that the power has a blended 210,000 barrels consistent with age capability.
Throughout the seek advice from, Onanuga mentioned the crew verified that the refinery processes petroleum merchandise, together with kerosene, low-pour gas oil, liquefied petroleum gasoline, diesel, and petrol.
“The latter is blended with other products to make the petrol we use in our cars. We even tested samples of the products,” he mentioned.
“The refinery’s contemporary overhaul has remodeled it into a contemporary facility. We noticed upgraded and changed portions, together with a part of the 300km unutilized pipelines.
“Some parts the company had not changed in 27 years have been replaced with new ones, bringing the refinery up to 21st-century standard.”
The spokesperson mentioned the revamping paintings has “indeed brought the refinery back to life,” including that what was once previously a Twentieth-century refinery has been remodeled right into a state of the art facility.
Onanuga mentioned the crew additionally visited the co-located 2d Port Harcourt refinery, commissioned in 1989, including that employees have been busy dismantling impaired, rusty portions and putting in unutilized ones.
“Although officials declined to provide a timeline for its completion, there was an air of confidence that it would soon be operational, joining its 60,000 barrels a day counterpart,” the spokesperson mentioned.
“My curiosity has been satisfied. I commend NNPC Limited and the refinery team for reviving this dead asset, which was on the verge of becoming a museum piece.”
Onanuga mentioned the fact-finding project “has buried the various doubts and lies about the Port Harcourt Refinery Complex”.