Warri Refinery Resumes Operations, Sparks National Hope
Now running is the 125,000 barrels per day Warri Refining & Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) situated in Warri, Delta State. This was disclosed by Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) during a tour of the facility on Monday.
It follows a month after the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers State.
A video aired by Channels TV on Monday showed Kyari addressing a tour team, which included the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed.
Before the tour commenced, Kyari explained that the inspection was aimed at showing Nigerians the level of work completed so far.
“This plant is running, Kyari said, though it is not 100 percent complete; we are in the process.
“Located in Ekpan, Uwvie, and Ubeji, Warri, the petrochemical plant produces 13,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTA) of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of carbon black.
Commissioned in 1978 and managed by NNPCL, the WRPC was built to supply markets in the southern and southwestern regions of Nigeria.
Initially, the mechanical completion of the facility was slated for Q1 2024, as Jan. 2024 is the NNPCL spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye.
“Warri should be done by Q1 (first quarter) 2024,” Soneye stated.
It is one of four refineries in Nigeria, alongside the new and old Port Harcourt Refining Company in Rivers State and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company in Kaduna State.
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