By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, has said the Port Harcourt refinery to refine 60,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) by first quarter of 2023.
Sylva spoke while fielding questions from journalists shortly after the facility tour in Eleme, Rivers, on Tuesday.
Recall that last year, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company commenced the rehabilitation of the refinery, after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation exercise.
Speaking on the work progress of the rehabilitation exercise, the minister said the plant would refine 60,000 bpsd when it resumes operations.
He assured that the Federal Government would end all forms of illegal oil bunkering going on in the Niger Delta, adding that modular refinery programme of the FG was also on course, urging people to take advantage of the programme.
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