The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said Warri and Kaduna refineries will be revamped in the first half of next year.Sylva said on Monday in Lagos that the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery was ongoing.

The nation’s refineries have a combined installed capacity of 445,000 barrels per day but have continued to operate far below the installed capacity for many years.

“Refurbishment of the existing refineries to achieve full capacity operations shall be fast-tracked: (Port Harcourt ongoing, others to follow by Q1 and Q2 2020),” the minister said at the 13th Oil Trading and Logistics Africa Downstream Week.

He said working with the private sector to aggressively increase domestic refinery capacity would be paramount.

The minister, who was represented by his Senior Technical Adviser and Chief of Staff, Mr Moses Olamide, said, “In order to have a robust, investor-friendly and stable downstream petroleum sector, the government is currently finalising clearer & more transparent regulatory framework with well-delineated activities to support the rapid infrastructural development in the sector including new refining capacities emerging in the country.”

He said the government would aggressively promote the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, which would engender a focused regulatory agency, regulated tariff and open access to pipeline and terminals, and introduction of transportation network code, among others.

According to Sylva, appropriate framework is being built to encourage public-private partnership in the downstream sector, especially in the areas of fixing and expansion of existing pipeline infrastructure & depots.He said flare gas commercialisation would be aggressively pursued with foolproof framework.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/warri-kaduna-refineries-to-be-repaired-in-2020/amp/
Mynd44

Repair again?

"Gen.Muhammadu Buhari,the APC presidential candidate has promised to build FOUR new petroleum refineries in Nigeria if elected president during the forthcoming elections taking place later this month..."

http://africanripples.com/buhari-promises-four-new-petroleum-refineries-if-elected-president/

"Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources-Ibe Kachikwu,has admitted the failure of President Buhari’s administration to give Nigerians refinery as promised in the run-up to the 2015 presidential election...."

http://saharareporters.com/2019/06/08/buharis-administration-failed-nigerians-not-building-refinery-promised-kachikwu

After promising and failing they're now embarking on repair on the same refineries they have repeatedly budgeted staggering billions for Turn Around Maintenance(TAM). Lies has a beginning and also has an end.Zombies what do you guys got to say now?

Since I was born.... dem no dey repair am finish?

The Nigerian govt, irrespective of political parties, knows how lucrative subsidy is and that's why they will never do anything meaningful to either build new refineries or repair old ones. The money they spend yearly on subsidy is enough to build new refineries. It is left for Nigerians to demand quality governance from their govt but unfortunately, most Nigerians are only brave and vocal on social media.

D same one dey claimed their body odour fixed abi...

Tales by moonlight

I heard this same story in 1993

Racoon:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/warri-kaduna-refineries-to-be-repaired-in-2020/amp/
Mynd44

another failed mission again. First 4 years of pmb, the same story, now another next lefu, still the same story. It's all lies and propaganda.

Johnnyessence:
Another failed mission again.First 4 years of the same story.Now another next level still the same story.It's all lies and propaganda.

They are just recycling the same lies all over.

Racoon:

They are just recycling the same lies all over.

yeah ,recycling the same lies and propaganda every year.

who did Nigeria as a country offend to deserve this type of leaders?