Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for the NNPCL to account for the money spent on the turnaround of the Port Harcourt refinery. Reacting to the controversy surrounding the shutdown of the Port Harcourt refinery, the head of Transparency International (TI), the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), and the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Awwal Musa Rafsanjani, condemned the action …

Barely six months after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) completed the overhaul of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) at a cost of $1.5 billion, the state-owned oil company yesterday shut down the facility for what it described as ‘planned maintenance’. A part of the facility known as the ‘old plant’, was commissioned in 1965, with a processing …

A $3 billion refinery fraud has rocked Nigeria’s petroleum sector as authorities have traced N80 billion to the personal accounts of a recently sacked managing director of one of the country’s state-owned refineries. The revelation follows the arrest of the former managing directors and top executives of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has invited former President Olusegun Obasanjo to tour its rehabilitated refineries following his public skepticism about the viability of the $2 billion invested in the facilities. Obasanjo, during a recent television interview, questioned the progress at the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, citing historical challenges faced during his administration in efforts to revamp …

Less than a month after the Port Harcourt Refining Company appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working. According to Saturday PUNCH, who visited the refinery on Thursday, 19 December 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the lifting of petrol actually stopped last Friday, 13 December, as the …

NNPC Limited (NNPCL) has said that the new Port Harcourt refinery is over 90 per cent completed. The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), operates two refineries; the old plant with a capacity of 60,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) and a new facility with 150,000 bpsd, bringing the refinery’s combined crude processing capacity to 210,000 bpsd. Receiving leaders of the …

The Port Harcourt Refining Company has clarified that its operations were not completely halted but scaled down to facilitate improvements at the facility. It disclosed this on Sunday as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) insisted that it would not buy from the Port Harcourt refinery if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) sells fuel from the …

How do you dance to the admiration of all Nigerians? Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey said it all in his song/story on “Ketekete” (horse) and its owner: There is nothing you can do to please the entire universe. No matter your efforts and regardless of the success achieved, some will still deride you and pull you down. They will find fault. …

The fanfare that greeted the resumption of activities at the Port Harcourt Refining Company on Tuesday may have melted away leaving the hope and expectations of many Nigerians hanging. A visit by Saturday PUNCH to the refinery on Friday revealed that there was no activity on site, as some workers met by newsmen claimed that the refinery was undergoing calibration …

The Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) express heartfelt appreciation to Nigerians for their support and excitement over the safe and successful restart of the 60,000 barrels-per-day Old Port Harcourt Refinery. According to a statement by NNPCL’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, the company said that “This achievement marks a significant step forward after years …