Bigkoko:
Reality Check: Nigeria is a rogue politcian haven. They will love Nigeria because of the mass of un-educated, severely traumatized people. As I write this piece, one oyedele who supported buhari's 8 damn years of the locusts from 2015 -2023, and also supported Asiwaju from 2023 till date is planning to commit sucide. I hope he removes the thought of suicide, though I fear for him because one Sikiru actually just did in Ogun state. Elections, wise men actually told us has consequences!!! Like Roitweiler Ameachi, ex-gov of Rivers state told us, the cowards would rather commit suicide than own up or confronts their foolish electoral actions!
Wonders shall never end when a goverment decided to create dis-information and live solely lies.
Before we delve in properly into the fanfare surrounding the sudden tuke tuke rehabilitation of PH Refinery, let's ask ourselves what happened to the following fanfare too!
1. Nigeria Air.
2. Kano Rice pyramids.
3. Oil exploration in the north....
Let's hail the shortest Live refinery, re-opened with a fanfare involving the president subtly throwing jabs at his predicessors....the once strategic Port Harcourt refinery! A local community Liason official was the first to blow the whistle that PHC Refinery is not working. Nobody knew how he found out. But I will educated you for FREE.
[color=#000000] Quick facts about Port Harcourt Refinery [/color]
The Port Harcourt Refinery, located in Eleme Rivers State, Nigeria, was constructed by two different companies, as it consists of two separate plants:
1. The Old Refinery (Port Harcourt Refinery I):
Built in 1965 by Shell-BP (British Petroleum) under the guidance of the Nigerian government.
It initially had a refining capacity of 60,000 barrels per day (bpd).
2. The New Refinery (Port Harcourt Refinery II):
Constructed in 1989 by JGC Corporation (a Japanese engineering company).
This facility significantly expanded the overall refining capacity of the Port Harcourt Refinery to a total of 210,000 barrels per day (bpd) when combined with the old refinery. Together, the two refineries make up the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), which is owned and operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Why the Port harcourt refinery will never work like a normal refinery.
Port Harcourt Refinery in Nigeria has faced persistent challenges that have prevented it from operating efficiently, and sometimes at all. These issues are symptomatic of broader systemic problems in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Here’s an exploration of the key reasons:
1. Aging Infrastructure and Poor Maintenance
Obsolete Equipment: The original refinery (built in 1965) and the newer one (1989) both suffer from outdated technology. Over the decades, inadequate modernization has rendered the facilities less efficient.
Lack of Regular Maintenance: The Turnaround Maintenance (TAM) required to keep refineries operational has often been delayed, poorly executed, or plagued by corruption. Without proper maintenance, machinery deteriorates, leading to shutdowns.
2. Corruption and Mismanagement
Financial Mismanagement: Funds allocated for repairs and upgrades have often been misappropriated, leaving the refinery in a state of disrepair.
Contract Fraud: Contracts for maintenance or upgrades have sometimes been awarded to incompetent or politically connected companies, resulting in poor execution of critical projects.
3. Low Operational Efficiency
Below-Capacity Operation: When operational, the refinery has historically run far below its installed capacity of 210,000 barrels per day (bpd). This inefficiency makes it more economical to import refined products than to produce them locally.
High Production Costs: The cost of refining oil locally is significantly higher than international benchmarks, partly due to outdated technology and inefficiencies.
4. Dependence on Imported Petroleum Products
Despite having refineries, Nigeria imports most of its refined petroleum products due to the inability of local refineries to meet demand. This reliance reduces the incentive to invest in fixing the refineries, as importing remains a politically and economically entrenched system.
5. Vandalism and Insecurity
Pipeline Sabotage: Frequent attacks on oil pipelines disrupt the supply of crude oil to the refinery, further compounding production challenges.
Security Issues: General insecurity in the Niger Delta region, where the refinery is located, has discouraged investment and stability.
6. Policy and Governance Issues
Regulatory Challenges: Uncertainty in policies surrounding Nigeria’s downstream oil sector has created an unstable environment for long-term investments.
Subsidy Regime: The Nigerian government’s fuel subsidy program distorts the market, making local refining less competitive compared to subsidized imported products.
7. Privatization and Delays
Attempts to privatize or concession the refinery have faced delays and controversies. While there is talk of rehabilitating the refinery (including a $1.5 billion rehabilitation deal with Italian company Tecnimont in 2021), such projects often face setbacks due to bureaucracy or lack of political will.
8. Competition from New Refineries
With the completion of private initiatives like the Dangote Refinery, there is skepticism about whether the Port Harcourt Refinery can compete. New refineries with modern technology may overshadow older government-run facilities.
[color=#000000] Summary of the above: [/color]
For the Port Harcourt Refinery to become operational and sustainable, it requires a combination of:
1. Modernization of infrastructure. (Very possible, but a waste of resources)
2. Transparent governance and effective policy reform. (Very unlikely with Asiwaju..you all know why)
3. Adequate security measures. ( Very possible, with total overhaul of political security agents).
4. A shift from reliance on imports to local refining as a national priority. ( Very possible with Dangote refinery).
Without these systemic changes, the refinery is unlikely to operate efficiently, if at all.
How the bubble got punchored
Eleme community in Rivers state host the ill-fated refinery, and as a normal normal, the community collects fees from tankers trooping in to load petrol, that is a huge source of inflow for the community. Now, most of the Hausa drivers came all the way from the North to queue up early actually have been there for days without any sign of petrol....then, as usual with the nepotism & tribalism that affects every sector of Nigeria, their kinsman at the top hierarchy of Refining section of NNPCL blew the whistle that there is no petrol, that all they saw on TV with Kairi & Asiwaju swinging a dance after a binge of burukutu and soured cassava, was infact cosmetic..... Vrooom...the drivers started demanding the money paid to the community be refunded back as the purpose to their driving in all the way from the North to the south for Fuel was not provided! Vrooom....Community Liason officer forward March to a mainstream TV and shouted that the PHC Refinery is not working....the rest is history! Many miscreants here on nairaland doesn't know this.
Propaganda Doesn't Build a Refinery
In a room thick with the echo of promises, a leader stood before the people. His words soared like arrows, crafted with care, aimed at the hearts of a hopeful crowd. He painted grand visions of prosperity—gleaming refineries standing tall, rivers of crude turned to wealth, and jobs flowing as freely as oil. The applause was deafening, the slogans catchy. But slogans, like shadows, are weightless.
You can't distill crude oil with speeches. You can't lay pipelines with grandiose rhetoric or weld steel with the heat of fervent applause. It takes blueprints, sweat-stained overalls, and the hum of machinery grinding against metal. It takes engineers who think in equations, not metaphors; workers who labor under the sun, not in the glow of a podium. why am not surprised? For a journey supposedly led by engineers to study the safety factors of CNG, Asiwaju sent comedians instead. We all saw what a Ukrainian comedian have done to Innocent Ukrainians!
The townsfolk grew restless as time wore on. The promised refinery remained a mirage on the horizon, a phantom of campaign posters designed for 2027....but the gods are wise! Meanwhile, fuel prices climbed, and local economies shrank. Farmers wondered why their tractors idled for lack of diesel. Mothers asked why groceries cost more when goods were harder to transport. Propaganda doesn’t fill tanks or keep engines running. Even Asiwaju proganda first introduced to to the whole nation in 2015, is slowly dying a death fashioned against it by able, spirit filled, monstrously powerful nigerian Gen Zs!
One day, a young engineer—he hands calloused from work, not applause—stood up. He spoke softly but clearly, her words grounded in reality. “We don’t need speeches. We need cement, steel, and skilled hands. We need leaders who know that progress is forged in action, not broadcast on airwaves.” Too bad, that shot didnt come from an engineer..those lots are all filled by their tribesmen, lankies, co-travellers, church & mosques members, the shot came from a Community Liason officer whose derison has wore off. he is now aturned toreality that idea, Propaganda doent build a refinery!
His call resonated. The people began to demand accountability, clarity, and most importantly, results. They stopped cheering for hollow words and started working for tangible change. They remembered that infrastructure rises not from the glitter of promises but from the grit of effort.
Then the bubble broke! Rightly or wrongly Asiwaju was been set up for disgrace by his own team. Bayo, the old man started insulting baba Iyabo...a man who has done a lot for nigeria. He took OBJ to the cleaner praising the drug bagman to highest heaven all because of a morsel of bread. Now the set up for disgrace is completed. there is no refining of petrol products....this is why!
The people will suffer much more before they all have sense. Because, as they learned, propaganda doesn’t build a refinery. People do.
Why TAM (Turn Around maintenance) on PHC Refinery seeks like a complex protocol of launching man to mercury!
Every refinery is based on a simple science process which we call Fractional Distillation. It is a scientific process that used a combination of heat & catalyst to seperate Crude Oil ( a base ingredients) into fractions such as petrol, kersone (domestic & aviation) throght a specific part of the refining set up called Fractionating Columns. Coconut headed miscreants you iliterates deserved to be charged a fee for this free lessons... like i earlier said, no free thing for any miscreants who after foolishly supporting the Daura clown, still followed up on his foolishness to support Asiwaju! If you dont pay, one way or the other, the fee will still be collected, in cash or in kind!
Now, this is the truth they don't tell you. hear it for free! THe blueprint upon which the PH Refinery was built can not be sustained. Companies that built have since elevated their building process. And no longer produces parts linked to the blue prints. what crooks in Nigerian Govt do occasionally is to source for 3rd party manufacturers to supply parts to is beloved to fit in. More like still wanting to use your 1980 Mercedes E class, but the parts are no longer produced, so you resort to buying parts made by a similar brand looking for money from foolish 3rd word corrupt officials! Tell me anywhere in the world where a hyped refinery stopped working after fanfare? My only problem is that industry watchers in the West would think every passport carrying Nigeria they see is as foolish as the Nigerian govt led by Asiwaju or more foolish like the miscreants here on nairaland.
Malta refinery, in conection with their broader plans!
Their plan is simple.....make a top secret plan to show Asiwaju has re-opened PH refinery, while they secretly import fuel from the refinery their surrogateds are buying up around the world, especially Malta, dispense these in PH refinery and sell to truckers. since truckers are buying from re-engineered distribution base in Eleme, they will believe the refinery is working!
Motherfvckers dont even know how to work on a plan for more than one week, then the lies collapsed on them. PH refinery shuts down screams tone of the Lagos Ibadan Expressway Media; Punch!
Now, here's my candid observation!
In Greek mythology which i am actually an expert... i studied the gods of ancient Greece, the curse of greed manifests in various myths as a moral lesson about the dangers of excessive desire for wealth and power. Greed often leads to divine punishment or tragic consequences, illustrating the ancient Greek belief in moderation and balance, known as s[color=#000000]ophrosyne[/color]. Here are some key examples where the curse of greed is central:
1. King Midas and the Golden Touch
The most famous example of greed is the story of King Midas, a wealthy and powerful ruler. Midas was granted a wish by the god Dionysus after showing kindness to the satyr Silenus. Blinded by greed, Midas wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. Initially thrilled, he soon realized the curse of his greed: food, water, and even his beloved daughter turned to lifeless gold upon contact. Midas begged Dionysus to revoke the gift, and he was instructed to wash in the River Pactolus to rid himself of the curse. This myth serves as a warning against unbridled materialism and the consequences of valuing wealth above all else.
2. The Tale of Erisichthon
Erisichthon, a Thessalian king, desecrated a sacred grove of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, to build a banquet hall. This act of sacrilege, driven by his insatiable desire for luxury, incurred the goddess’s wrath. Demeter cursed him with insatiable hunger. No matter how much he ate, Erisichthon could never satisfy his appetite. Consumed by his greed and hunger, he eventually devoured himself. This myth underscores how greed can lead to self-destruction.
3. Nemesis and the Punishment of Hubris
The goddess Nemesis, the personification of divine retribution, often punished those who exhibited hubris (excessive pride or greed). For example, she punished figures like Narcissus, who was consumed by self-love, and others who sought more than their share of power, wealth, or adoration. Nemesis reminds mortals that greed and excess disturb the natural order, leading to downfall.
What a lot of people don't know is that Asiwaju is under a curse. he knows he is cursed, and like anyone carrying the mark of a curse, anything they put hand will not work. Even with the sincerest of intentions, it wont work. Now, not that I am an overly religious person...but my gurus, and others that guide me on the right paths alwaays tell me to stay away from FREED, GREED, & GREED! Because it kills slowly everything you wish! Asiwaju is a greedy fellow, and the curse associated with all greedy fellows will surely show up! This is what you all are seeing..
Moral Lesson in Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, greed is portrayed as a destructive force that disrupts harmony and brings ruin. The curse of greed isn't merely divine punishment; it is a natural consequence of violating the principles of balance and moderation that the gods, and by extension the universe, uphold. These stories served as moral guidance for ancient Greeks, warning them to practice self-restraint and humility 1989 refinery technology cannot be said to be obsolete..............1965 tech maybe but certainly not 1989! |
