The Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari has said that Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations in August 2024.
Kyari explained that the Port Harcourt refinery will kick off production by early August this year, while that of Kaduna will commence by December 2024.
According to him, with the Dangote refinery, the target for Nigeria to attain two million barrels per day, and become a net exporter of petroleum products by December is feasible.
The PH refinery complex comprises two refineries at Alesa-Eleme near Port Harcourt in Rivers State. Port Harcourt II (New Refinery) is a complex, conversion refinery with a nameplate distillation capacity of 7,500,000 MTA (150,000 bpd).