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Port Harcourt, Warri Refineries Commence Preliminary Production

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says refineries in Port Harcourt and Warri have commenced preliminary production.

According to the NNPC, production started after in-house engineers conducted a nine-month rehabilitation on the facility.

“What this means is that both plants have resumed production of petroleum products.

“For now, about 60 per cent of its 210,000 barrels per day production capacity is being achieved, but it is projected that it will hit its installed 125,000 barrels per day capacity soon,” the General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Mr Ohi Alegbe, said while giving reporters update on the Port Harcourt refinery preliminary production.

He said that the Port Harcourt refinery would eventually hit five million litres of petrol per day, while Warri would contribute 3.5 million litres of petrol.

The NNPC also announced that it had successfully recovered the system 2B pipeline breached last week at Arepo in Ogun State after the pipeline network caught fire.

Williams Osewezina

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