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The Port Harcourt refinery has been revealed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited that it would complete its test run this month of January.
NNPC spokesperson, Femi Soneye, stated that, “Testing will conclude shortly, ensuring the refinery’s efficient operation. That phase will be completed this month”.
Soneye added that the test run was a major step towards resuming operations five years after the plant was shut down.
Recall in December, the state-owned oil company announced the mechanical completion of rehabilitation work on the Area-5 Plant of the facility.
It said the first phase of the plant had been completed, as the facility would start refining 60,000 barrels of crude oil daily after the Christmas break.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, had stated that the first phase of the PHRC was completed on December 20, 2023, adding that refined products’ production would commence after the Yuletide.
Projections are that once operational, along side the Dangote refinery which is said to start operations this year, the pressure of the country’s foreign exchange may be eased.