Tag Archives: refinery

General Electric, a multinational company, has proposed to invest in Nigeria’s three refineries located in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna. New Telegraph reports that the United State of America based company stated this  in Abuja Tuesday in a presentation to Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Maikanti Baru and his team that the company’s teams ...

Reports show that plans are underway by the Italy-owned international oil company, ENI, to refurbish the Port Harcourt refinery. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the oil firm and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Rome, Italy, yesterday, the company would also build the phase two of the Okpai Power Plant, The Guardian reports. The Guardian reports ...

The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has made it known that three refineries of the Corporation – Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri – have resumed production of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), otherwise known as diesel and kerosene respectively. New Telegraph reports that according to statement from NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs ...

Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has performed the official foundation laying ceremony for the establishment of a 5000 barrel refinery located in Ikwe community, in Onna Local Government Area in the State. Vanguard reports that Emmanuel, who was represented  by Chairman, Foreign Direct Investment Committee, Mr. Gabriel Ukpeh, appreciated the management of Ikwe-Onna Refinery Limited for keying into his ...

New Telegraph reports that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday expressed fear that the completion of Dangote Refinery would turn the country’s refineries to scraps. According to New Telegraph, Kachikwu, who spoke at a two-day stakeholder consultation meeting on draft National Gas Policy and National Oil Policy in Abuja, was of the opinion that the ...