From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Minister of State for the Petroleum, and Oil Sector, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has assured that everything is being done to ensure that commencement of production at the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) takes place on or before December 2024.
He asserted this after carrying out an inspection tour of the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) Kaduna to assess the work progress on the ongoing quick-fix project being undertaken by the Daewoo Engineering Construction Nigeria Limited the company of the
Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari.
Before the inspection of the quick fix project, the Minister and the GCEO also attended the Refineries Rehabilitation Steering Committee meeting with key stakeholders.
The refinery project is linked with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Ministry of Petroleum and NNPCL to fix the nation’s moribund refineries to start refining crude oil locally.
The 110,000bpd capacity Kaduna refinery is one of Nigeria’s four dysfunctional refineries that have produced no petrol for many years, leaving the country to rely heavily on imported petroleum products.
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