The Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemicals Company has resumed production, officials said.
A visit to the refinery by a. PREMIUM TIMES reporter on Saturday evening indicated that the facility roared back to life on Friday.
Some workers, who spoke to our reporter, said the refinery was successfully switched on on Friday night after extensive repairs.
“We resumed production on Friday night,” one official said. “By Monday, the lifting of products, especially PMS, will commence.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the refinery, Abdullahi Idris, confirmed that the facility restarted operation.
He however declined further comments, saying the appropriate authority at the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation would give further details on the development.
The Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, of the NNPC, Bello Babura, said during his inspection of the facility three weeks ago that the current fuel scarcity in the country would soon give way as soon as the refinery resumed production.
Mr. Babura, who expressed satisfaction with the status of the plant, thanked the management and staff of the refinery for working round the clock to ensure it resumes operation and work at optimum level.
“With what I saw and the current effort of the minister of state for petroleum and the NNPC, all things have been put in place to ensure that the company starts production.
“We are optimistic that in the next two weeks the refinery will resume production. By the end of April all the other three refineries in the country will start full production.
He said the NNPC had taken proactive measures to ensure that the pipelines were secured and guarded from the activities of vandals.
“The corporation is working hand-in-hand with the Defence Headquarters to ensure security is provided for the pipelines,” Mr. Babura said.
“For the past 10 years, our refineries have not been working to optimum level. We can only put the entire operation at 22 per cent.”
Credit:Premium Times
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