Port Harcourt Refinery Will Resume Production By December, Says FG
The Federal Government has revealed that the Port Harcourt Refineries is expected to become functional by December.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this while responding to questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Asked when the rehabilitation of the refineries would be completed, Sylva said: “The rehabilitation of the refineries is ongoing. As we said earlier, the old refinery in Port Harcourt, which is about 60,000 barrels per day capacity, will be functional by December and, of course, we still have some time in the contracting time to conclude the rest of the Port Harcourt Refineries.
“Works in the Kaduna and Warri refineries are also progressing very well. We will soon be embarking on an inspection visit and some of you journalists will be able to go with us to ascertain for yourselves what the extent of work is.”
The minister said the council approved the sum of N2.044 billion for the construction of drainage, internal road and facilities at the Gas Hub in Bayelsa State.