According to an NNPC spokesman the Port Harcourt refineries would begin to work at full capacity from November after a Turn-Around Maintenance (TAM).
Mr Philip Chukwu, Group Executive Director (GED), Refining and Petrochemicals at the NNPC gave the assurance on Thursday in Port Harcourt during an inspection of the refineries alongside officials of Maire Tecnimont, the contractors which the Federal Government engaged for the TAM.
Chukwu who decried the lack of maintenance of the twin Port Harcourt refineries in the last 12 years, commended the Federal Government for engaging the original constructors of the refineries for the TAM.
“Everyone knows that the refineries have not been properly maintained over the years and we have had to manage things. What we are doing now is to have the TAM and complete rehabilitation of the refineries by the original contractors,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two Port Harcourt refineries which consist of the old refinery with capacity to process 60, 000 b/d and 150, 000 b/d, respectively, had been functioning at very low capacity with the old one not working at the moment because of lack of maintenance.
Chukwu explained that the TAM, which would start in October, would require a total shut down of the plants for between 45 days and 60 days to ensure a thorough job.
He said the TAM and rehabilitation process would also entail overhauling the supply chain and pipelines that bring crude oil and capacity building for staff so as to meet international best practice.
He said the NNPC was also working with all stakeholders, including security operatives, to ensure the pipelines were safe and no longer vandalised.
NAN
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May God help this administration to actualize their good agenda for this country, and cloth the adversaries with shame.GEJ ride on God knows the secret of every man’s heart
May God help Nigeria leader to repair d refinaries
Let them do it first before we start praising them.They said more than this in 1988.
Oyetola, it seems your conffused, this is 2012 and you are talking of 1988 –twentyfour yrs ago. Wake up day don break. MR. GEJ and his economic team will show 9ija the way to that promise land.
all is well.i believe in the administeration of GEJ
theo,i believe you because the way am seeing things in this country,Nija will be fun to live in atleast for once
That is a good idear bt lets nt jump up until it is excecuted. God will help our presidnt to exibit his promises respectively.
Funny leaders ,funny subjects and funny ideology of ethnicity and religious rascality. Move on the savages of the civilized age!