Foreign refineries processed crude oil valued at N2.39tn between March 2020 and March 2021 to ensure domestic supply of refined petroleum products in Nigeria as the country’s plants remained in a state of disrepair.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is soliciting expression of interest (EOI) from companies qualified to operate and maintain three state-owned oil refineries.
Stakeholders in the energy industry, on Thursday, called for cautious optimism and a public policy document as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Port Harcourt handed over the Port Harcourt Refinery to Tecnimont SPA for the commencement of the $1.5 billion rehabilitation project.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract with Tecnimont SpA, a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont. The deal is for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC).
The whopping sum of $26.5b, which the Federal Government has so far spent on the maintenance of its loss-making 445, 000 barrels/day capacity refineries, is capable of building three new refineries of the same size going by the cost analysis of refinery projects across the world.
