The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has announced its intention to engage reputable and credible operations and maintenance companies to oversee the operations of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC).
This was revealed in a statement on Friday, posted on the company’s official X handle.
The Warri Refinery, located in Warri, Delta State, was commissioned in 1978 and is a complex conversion refinery with a nameplate distillation capacity of 6,250,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTA), equivalent to 125,000 barrels per day (bpd).
The refinery complex includes a petrochemical plant commissioned in 1988, with production capacities of 13,000 MTA of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of carbon black.
The Warri refinery is strategically positioned to supply petroleum products to the southern and southwestern regions of Nigeria.
On the other hand, the Kaduna Refinery was commissioned in 1980 to cater to the petroleum needs of Northern Nigeria, with an initial capacity of 50,000 bpd.
In 1983, the capacity was expanded to 100,000 bpd by adding a second 50,000 bpd crude train dedicated to the production of lubricating oils.
Further expansions in 1986 increased the capacity of the first crude train to 60,000 bpd, bringing the refinery’s current nameplate capacity to 110,000 bpd.
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