The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources on Oil Heineken Lokpobiri has reiterated that the Port Harcourt Refining Company PHRC Limited would be back on stream by December as part
of the government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation as soon as efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity.
Lokpobiri said this in a statement yesterday by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC Limited Garba Deen Muhammed giving the assurance during an inspection tour of the rehabilitation work progress at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd. plant, in Port Harcourt.
The Minister, who was in the company of his counterpart, the Minister of State for Petroleum on Gas Ekperikpe Ekpo, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources Gabriel T. Aduda, and the Group CEO, NNPC Ltd., Mele Kyari, said considering the level of progress recorded in thePHRC rehabilitation project, the plant will come back on stream by December this year.
He also said he was satisfied with the ongoing rehabilitation work at the Port Harcourt refinery, noting that once all the refineries are back on stream, Nigerians will enjoy a better supply of petroleum products, and foreign exchange will be domesticated, leading to an improved economy.
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