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Nigerian National Petroleum Company Increases Old Port Harcourt Refinery Capacity to 70 Percent

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Nigerian National Petroleum Company,Port Harcourt Refinery,Petroleum Production

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has announced that the old Port Harcourt refinery is operating at 70 percent of its capacity and plans to increase this to 90 percent. The refinery is now producing various petroleum products including petrol, kerosene, diesel, and LPG.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says the rehabilitated old Port Harcourt refinery is currently operating at 70 percent of its installed capacity.

“The Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited express heartfelt appreciation to Nigerians for their support and excitement over the safe and successful restart of the 60,000 barrels-per-day Old Port Harcourt Refinery,” the statement reads.“This achievement marks a significant step forward after years of operational challenges and underperformance.

The NNPC said 2.1 million litres daily volume of low-pour fuel oil would also be produced at the refinery, adding that additional volumes of liquefied petroleum gas will be refined at the plant.

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