Lokpobiri, Kyari Inspect Progress of Work at Kaduna Refinery

John Shiklam in Kaduna

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, yesterday inspected the Kaduna refinery to assess the progress of work on the ongoing quick-fix project at the facility.
The minister and the Kyari are also in Kaduna for the 14th Refineries Rehabilitation Steering Committee meeting.
The refinery project is linked with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Ministry of Petroleum and NNPCL to fix the nation’s moribund refineries to start refining crude oil locally.
The 110,000bpd capacity Kaduna refinery is one of Nigeria’s four dysfunctional refineries that have produced no petrol for many years, leaving the country to rely heavily on imported petroleum products.
The last turnaround maintenance on the refinery according to official sources was carried out about 15 years ago.
In February 2023, the NNPCL signed an agreement with a Korean company, Daewoo Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited for the rehabilitation of the refinery.