PENGASSAN tasks NNPC on rehabilitation of fuel depots, tank farms

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to intensify ongoing rehabilitation of the nation’s downstream facilities, especially the depots, pipelines, tank farms, and jetties to further ensure seamless supply of products across the country.
PENGASSAN  commended the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, for collaborating with other government agencies and critical stakeholders to bring about efficiency in the petroleum industry, adding that his efforts have led to improved products supply being enjoyed in the country.
National President of the association, Francis Johnson, said PENGASSAN was in support of the NNPC and its plan too rehabilitate the national refineries.
“PENGASSAN will support any effective, efficient and sustainable model that can make the refineries viable,” Comrade Johnson said.
Speaking on NNPC’s exploration activities in the inland basins, the union commended the Corporation for spearheading the projects.
Johnson described the project as a “yeoman job”, adding that it would benefit the nation ultimately.
According to him, the union’s fervent prayer was for a breakthrough to be achieved in the Corporation’s exploratory efforts in the basins.
The management of NNPC under the leadership of Maikanti Baru has in recent time embarked on aggressive exploratory operations in the nation’s frontier basins – Chad Basin and Benue Trough – in line with the aspiration of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to increase the reserves base of the country.
Baru, since assumption of office last year, has drummed up support for the exploration activities with critical stakeholders in Bauchi, Borno, Sokoto and Nassarawa State.
In Nassarawa State recently, he disclosed that NNPC’s Frontier Exploration Services, FES, a services company of the Corporation, had mobilised the Integrated Data Services Ltd, an upstream arm of the NNPC, to acquire seismic data in the Benue Trough commencing from the Keana area.
Source: Sweet