The public oil refinery in Warri, Delta State, is now working at 60 per cent capacity after several years of not producing any oil, President Bola Tinubu said on Monday.
Mr Tinubu, in a message congratulating the state-owned oil company, NNPCL, said the reopening of the refinery was a “remarkable achievement… that has strengthened Nigerians’ hope in his administration.”
Today, the Warri Refinery returned to operation weeks after NNPC Limited restarted the 60,000 Barrels per day at the Port Harcourt Refinery in November, Mr Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, wrote in a statement.
This newspaper reported the recent restart of one of the two public refineries in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
However, while the Port Harcourt refinery has already started producing petrol, arguably its most important byproduct, the Warri refinery will for now not produce petrol, the president indicated.
“WRPC will focus on producing and storing critical products, including Straight Run Kerosene (SRK), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), and heavy and light Naphtha,” Mr Onanuga wrote.
“President Tinubu noted with confidence that with the 125,000 (bpd) Warri Refinery now operating at 60% capacity, his administration’s comprehensive plan to ensure energy efficiency and security is entirely on course. He praised the Mele Kyari-led management of the NNPCL for working hard to restore Nigeria’s glory and pride as a major oil-producing country.”