The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said from the Federal Government’s allocation of 445,000 barrels of crude daily to the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries, they now produce a total of 10.23 million litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) per day.
The PMS (petrol) produced now increased from a former capacity of about eight million litres.
In a statement by the acting spokesperson of the corporation, Mr Tumini Green, he said the Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals (NNPC), Anthony Ogbuigwe, confirmed this yesterday in Abuja.
He said the Kaduna Refinery operates at 65 per cent, Warri Refinery at 63 per cent and Port Harcourt Refinery 66 per cent of their installed capacities.
Green said the refineries also process 5.53 million litres of dual purpose kerosene daily and 8.016 million litres of automotive gas oil (diesel) daily.
“I can tell you with every sense of responsibility that contrary to the news making the round, all our refineries are doing very well. The major components and various units of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units, (FCCU), Crude Distillation Unit (VDU) and Vacuum Distillation Unit (DDU) of all the refineries are working well. In fact, these refineries have been running consistently for over three months,” said Ogbuigwe.
He added that the stability in supply of petroleum products is attributed to the performance of the refineries, and the scheduled turn around maintenance (TAM) of the refineries is on course.
He said the Port Harcourt Refinery has placed orders of some of the components for its rehabilitation. “I can tell you that five shipments for the TAM of Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemical Company have arrived.”
He also spoke on the incessant pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft, stressing that the menace is a great danger to the nation’s oil and gas sector.
He also urged stakeholders in the industry and Nigerians to join the NNPC in finding lasting solutions to the menace so as to enable the refineries to run without problems.
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