All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres

Just when Nigerians were groaning over the non-availability of petroleum products, hope seems to be on the horizon.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Friday four oil refineries will resume production in July.

Spokesman Ohi Alegbe said the two refineries in Port Harcout would begin operations after turnaround maintenance, followed by those in Warri and Kaduna.

Alegbe was quick to alert Nigerians over the fact that all the four refineries even at full capacity, cannot meet up with our demand on daily basis.

“Even when the refineries work at full capacity, they can only produce around 19 million litres of petrol per day,” he said.

“There will still be a shortfall of about 21 million litres,” he said, pointing out that Nigeria consumes about 40 million litres of petrol per day.

Nigeria, one of Africa’s top two oil producers, is forced to import most of its petrol products due to its ailing refinery system, which generally runs well below capacity, sometimes at just 20 percent, due to neglect and pipeline sabotage.

Major cities in Nigeria are recovering from a gasoline shortage despite the end of a fuel distribution strike as fuel marketers, who are still not importing due to money owed them, have agreed to distribute fuel brought in by the state oil company, NNPC.

Alegbe said the turnaround maintenance for the four refineries had been ongoing since November.

The NNPC has four refineries, two in Port Harcourt, one in Kaduna and another in Warri, but have been non-functional for some time forcing the country to import petroleum products.

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Re: All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres by braivheart: 10:06am

Imagine that

Re: All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres by OREMUSSANCTUS(m): 10:09am

Jonathan has done his own part, boohari shld consolidate on what jona did for dis country

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Re: All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres by soe(m): 10:10am

Half a loaf is better than none.

What we should do is expand the capacities within one year

By the time PMB is through with his mineral mining and agricultural reformations..i don't see how he won't be celebrated.

So much will be seen in the coming days...fingers crossed

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Re: All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres by sinkhole: 10:14am

I thought Dangote and others are constructing refineries?

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Re: All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres by Ezenwammadu: 10:16am

Alegbe said the turnaround maintenance for the four refineries had been ongoing since Novenber

GEJ has done his best.Thank you for the refineries

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Re: All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres by Segunod(m): 10:21am

Buhari must probe NNPC and the petrolium Ministry management. He need to know what has hindered the resuscitation of this refinary until when a new government come on board. 

We need more refinaries. We need private investors partnership in creating more to address our growing population. Government cannot do it alone without investors who believe in the present government policies to participate. The 40million liter per day will keep increasing as long as our population keep increasing. Power must also be fixed cos its adding a large quota to the daily consumption of fuel.

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Re: All Four Refineries Will Produce Only 19 Million Litres by OREMUSSANCTUS(m): 10:22am

HiGod:

Shut up fool

What Jonathan!!! Who is Jonathan? The only Jonathan that ever existed in this country has been sent to oblivion and it ll never rear his ugly head again.

Nigeria ll never experience the evil called Ebele again IJN 

Do you know what that name represent in Nigeria history? Total failure.

No mother in her right senses wants to name her child after the most cursed president of this country ever.

It takes four weeks to get rid of all the left o