Rehabilitation work at port Harcourt refinery reaches 90%

The rehabilitation work underway at the
Port Harcourt refinery has reached 90
per cent, giving indications that the
refinery may soon open for production.
The update on the ongoing work was
given by the Managing Director of the
Port Harcourt Refining Company, Bafred
Enjugu.
Enjugu said the refinery in Alesa-
Eleme, Rivers State, in south-south
Nigeria constituted 47 per cent of the
nation’s total Production capacity.
We visited the refinery to
get a first-hand assessment of the
level of rehabilitation on the long
abandoned oil production company.
Nigeria, a leading crude oil producing
country in Africa, relies hugely on
imported refined petroleum products for
its citizens, since the refineries in the
country stopped operations years ago.
The new administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari had promised to
rehabilitate the refineries and make
them operational, as the nation could
not continue to rely on imported
products.