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, have arrived at the Kaduna refinery to inspect work progress on the ongoing quick-fix project at the refinery.
The Minister and the Kyari are both in Kaduna for the 14th meeting of the Refineries Rehabilitation Steering Committee.
The refinery project is tied to President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Ministry of Petroleum and NNPCL to repair the country’s defunct refineries so that crude oil may be refined 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 turn around maintenance on the refinery according to official sources was carried out about fifteen 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.