The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, says Warri Refining & Petrochemicals Company in Warri, Delta State, is now operational.
Mele Kyari, NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, made this known during a tour of the facility on Monday.
A video posted by Channels TV on Monday showed Kyari addressing a tour team, which included the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed.
Commissioned in 1978 and managed by NNPCL, the 125,000-barrel-per-day refinery was built to supply markets in the southern and southwestern regions of Nigeria.
Before the tour commenced, Kyari explained that the inspection aimed to show Nigerians the level of work completed so far on the
According to him, although the repairs on the facility are not yet 100 per cent complete, operations have commenced.
He said, “We are taking you through our plant. This plant is running. Although it is not 100 per cent complete, we are still in the process. Many people think these things are not real. They think real things are not possible in this country. We want you to see that this is real.”
Located in Ekpan, Uwvie, and Ubeji, Warri, the petrochemical plant produces 13,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTA) of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of carbon black.
