The minister of state for petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri and the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian national petroleum company (nnpc) limited, Mele Kyari, visited the Kaduna refinery today, to inspect the ongoing quick-fix project at the refinery.
The refinery project is linked with president Tinubu’s directive to the ministry of petroleum and NNPCL to fix the nation’s moribund refineries in order to start refining of crude oil 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.
In February 2023, the NNPCL signed an agreement with a Korean company, Daewoo Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited for the rehabilitation of the refinery.
