Port Harcourt Refinery set to finish test-run this month— NNPCL

Test runs at the 60,000 barrels per day Port Harcourt refinery are scheduled to conclude this month, according to a release from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited.

“Testing will conclude shortly, ensuring the refinery’s efficient operation. That phase will be completed this month,” Reuters quoted NNPC spokesperson, Femi Soneye, as saying.

The test run, Soneye continued, was a significant step towards starting up again five years after the plant was closed.

The facility's Area-5 Plant's mechanical rehabilitation work was completed, the state-owned oil company announced in December.

It stated that the plant's initial phase had been finished and that, following the Christmas break, 60,000 barrels of crude oil would be refined every day.

The first phase of the PHRC was finished on December 20, 2023, according to Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), who also mentioned that production of refined products would start after the holidays.

When operational, it is anticipated that the facility will lessen the strain on the nation's foreign exchange reserves, especially in conjunction with the Dangote Refinery, which is anticipated to begin refining oil this year.

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