Port Harcourt Refinery Yet To Take Off As Deadline Elapses

The Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria and Managing Director of SPDC, Dr.

Osagie Okunbor, noted,“With this supply restart, the refining capacity of in-country is expected to come back to life and make petroleum products readily available while reducing Nigeria’s dependence on imported refined products.” The successful resumption of crude supply was highlighted by Odita Nnajiofor, the terminal’s Installation Manager, who emphasized the rigorous checks undertaken to ensure the integrity of supply pipelines and terminal’s export pumps, which had been shut down for an extended period.

Regulatory and compliance tests are underway as we speak, and once they are completed, the refinery will commence operations.” The delay is a setback to national expectations, especially as stakeholders highlight the potential benefits of having government-owned refineries like those in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna operational, alongside the private Dangote refinery.

“The Mechanical Completion means that you are done with your rehabilitation work, now you are to test if this completion is okay,”Kyari had explained, signifying that the rehabilitation of the refinery had finished..

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