Work ongoing on P’Harcourt refinery’s second plant – Presidency

The Particular Adviser on Info and Technique to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has mentioned work is presently ongoing on the 150,000 barrels per day plant of the Port Harcourt Refining Firm in Rivers State.

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 per cent of put in capability and plans to extend manufacturing shortly.

He additional mentioned the refinery receives common crude oil opposite to claims of missing the product.

He disclosed this after becoming a member of a fact-finding crew on the 60,000 barrels per day refinery on Wednesday.

On Thursday in a submit on X titled “Placing to Relaxation Rumours about Port Harcourt Refinery Complicated: Our Truth-Discovering Mission”, the presidential aide mentioned the lies and doubts in regards to the refinery had been dismissed by the crew’s fact-finding mission.

He defined that the crew was glad with the state of the refinery.

Onanuga mentioned, “I used to be a part of a fact-finding crew that visited the 60,000 barrels every day Port Harcourt Refining Complicated on Wednesday. I’ll now share our findings.

“Our crew, guided by the refinery’s Managing Director Ibrahim Onoja, toured all the advanced, from the computerised management room to the loading bay and each part in between. We requested pointed questions and acquired passable solutions, dispelling our doubts and misconceptions.

“Nigerians should ignore naysayers and false details about the refinery’s operations. Whereas it isn’t presently working at 100 per cent, it’s performing at 70 per cent put in capability, with plans to extend manufacturing shortly.

“Moreover, the refinery receives common crude provides, opposite to claims that it lacks crude to refine.”

He counseled NNPCL for reviving “this useless asset,” on the “verge of turning into a museum piece.”

In November, the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted, Olufemi Soneye, introduced the graduation of the Port Harcourt refinery.

NNPCL spokesman mentioned the refinery commenced operation with 60 per cent capability with ongoing efforts to ramp up manufacturing.

Soneye mentioned the Refinery is processing 60,000 barrels per day of crude, including that the ability has a mixed 210,000 barrels per day capability.

In the course of the go to, Onanuga mentioned the crew verified that the refinery processes petroleum merchandise, together with kerosene, low-pour gasoline oil, liquefied petroleum fuel, diesel, and petrol.

“The latter is mixed with different merchandise to make the petrol we use in our vehicles. We even examined samples of the merchandise,” he mentioned.

“The refinery’s current overhaul has remodeled it into a contemporary facility. We noticed upgraded and changed components, together with a part of the 300km new pipelines.

“Some components the corporate had not modified in 27 years have been changed with new ones, bringing the refinery as much as Twenty first-century commonplace.”

The spokesperson mentioned the revamping work has “certainly introduced the refinery again to life,” including that what was 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 second Port Harcourt refinery, commissioned in 1989, including that staff have been busy dismantling previous, rusty components and putting in new ones.

“Though officers declined to supply a timeline for its completion, there was an air of confidence that it could quickly be operational, becoming a member of its 60,000 barrels a day counterpart,” the spokesperson mentioned.

“My curiosity has been glad. I commend NNPC Restricted and the refinery crew for reviving this useless asset, which was on the verge of turning into a museum piece.”

Onanuga mentioned the fact-finding mission “has buried the varied doubts and lies in regards to the Port Harcourt Refinery Complicated”.