Port-Harcourt Refinery resumes operation

The Port Harcourt Refining Company in Rivers State has officially resumed operations in accordance with the Federal Government’s vow to ensure the facility’s production of refined products by December 2023.   This followed a $1.5 billion rehabilitation project initiated to restore its capacity to 210,000 barrels per day, aiming to enhance domestic refining and reduce reliance on imported petroleum products   Initially shut down in 2019, the combined processing capacity of Nigeria’s four refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna stood at 445,000 barrels per day (bpd).   However, the…