The Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm (NNPC) Restricted has refuted claims by a neighborhood chief in Alesa, Rivers State, alleging that the Port Harcourt refinery just isn’t but producing gasoline.
In an announcement launched on Friday, NNPC spokesperson Olufemi Soneye criticized the feedback made by the neighborhood chief, describing them as a show of ignorance about refinery operations.
Soneye defined that whereas he would have sometimes ignored such remarks, he felt compelled to reply in an effort to make clear the state of affairs.
Timothy Mgbere, reportedly a pacesetter within the Alesa neighborhood, appeared on nationwide tv on Thursday, the place he accused the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL) of deceptive Nigerians by claiming that the Port Harcourt refinery is already processing crude oil.
In line with Soneye, the Port Harcourt refinery is now working at 90% capability.
He emphasised that the allegations lacked benefit and have been inconsistent with the details, notably because the refinery has been actively producing and distributing gasoline.
Soneye identified contradictions in the neighborhood chief’s claims.
What NNPC is Saying
The NNPC spokesperson famous that the chief had acknowledged gasoline being loaded out from the refinery’s gantry however dismissed it as “outdated inventory” from the earlier refinery, which, Soneye argued, additional undermined the credibility of the allegations.
“He (Mgbere) claimed that the outdated Port Harcourt Refinery was solely working skeletally and was not processing PMS. His proof was that the PMS truck-out was executed on the gantry of the brand new Port Harcourt Refinery as in opposition to the gantry of the outdated Port Harcourt Refinery.
“This betrays his scant information of the operations of the refinery. The outdated and new Port Harcourt Refineries have since been built-in with one single terminal for product load-out.
“They share frequent utilities like energy and storage tanks. Which means storage tanks and loading gantry which he claimed belong to the brand new Port-Harcourt Refinery also can obtain merchandise from the Previous Port Harcourt Refinery
“The nameplate capability of the refinery is 60,000 barrels of oil per day. It’s presently producing at 90 per cent throughput which interprets to Straight-Run gasoline (Naphtha) blended into 1.4 million liters of PMS, apart from different merchandise like diesel and kerosene.
“We name on most of the people to ignore the claims of the self-acclaimed ‘neighborhood particular person’ that are clearly borne out of sheer mischief and blatant show of ignorance,” Soneye mentioned.
What you must know
Following NNPC’s announcement that the long-aged Port Harcourt refinery has turn out to be operational, varied controversies have arisen concerning its situation.
- Studies have emerged, for example, suggesting that the refinery just isn’t processing crude oil however is as a substitute mixing naphtha with crack 5 to supply gasoline.
- NNPC has debunked this declare, stating that mixing is an ordinary observe globally.
- In the meantime, entrepreneurs have reported that they’re but to obtain merchandise from the refinery.
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