The Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL) has introduced that the Presidents of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the Commerce Union Congress (TUC), Felix Osifo, have confirmed the operational standing of the Outdated Port Harcourt Refinery following an inspection on Monday.
This disclosure was shared in a submit on the official X (previously Twitter) account of the NNPCL.
The assertion revealed that Ajaero and Osifo, together with different union leaders, visited the rehabilitated refinery and verified its performance, together with the standard of its petroleum output.
“The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), led by its President, Joe Ajaero, and the Commerce Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, led by President Felix Osifo, have confirmed that the Outdated Port Harcourt Refinery is now operational and producing high-quality petroleum merchandise. They each led a delegation of labor union leaders and performed an inspection of the rehabilitated facility on Monday, affirming its performance and output requirements,” the tweet learn.
The affirmation of the refinery’s operations by the Presidents of the nation’s labour unions comes days after the Petroleum and Pure Fuel Senior Workers Affiliation of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) confirmed the resumption of manufacturing.
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On November 26, 2024, the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Company (NNPC) confirmed that the Port Harcourt Refinery had resumed manufacturing after in depth rehabilitation. On the time, NNPC said that the power was working at 70% of its full capability, with day by day manufacturing of 1.5 million litres of diesel and a couple of.1 million litres of Pour Gasoline Oil.
- Studies surfaced alleging that as an alternative of processing crude oil, the refinery blended “Cracked C5 petroleum resins” with Naphtha to promote as processed merchandise. NNPCL spokesperson Soneye defended the refinery, noting that mixing is an ordinary trade follow
- Positioned within the Alesa group in Eleme, the refinery confronted extra scrutiny when group chief Timothy Mgbere raised issues about product high quality, claiming that the petroleum merchandise loaded from the power weren’t newly refined however saved merchandise from the previous three years.
- Mgbere additionally identified that solely six vehicles had been loaded on a given day, regardless of earlier statements indicating 200 vehicles can be dispatched day by day. Soneye responded, affirming the refinery was working at 90% capability and dismissing the allegations.
Every week in the past, the refinery’s Managing Director, Mr. Ibrahim Onoja, confirmed full operations had resumed. Regardless of earlier studies of a short lived halt, the Port Harcourt Refining Firm clarified that operations had been scaled down for enhancements however not totally suspended.
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