Petroleum Minister Of State, Lokpobiri, Kyari Visit Kaduna Refinery For Project Inspection 

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, are on a project inspection visit to the Kaduna refinery.

Naija News reports that the duo arrived at the facility earlier in the day to inspect work progress on the ongoing quick-fix project at the refinery.

Aside from the project inspection, Lokpobiri and the Kyari are also in Kaduna for the 14th Refineries Rehabilitation Steering Committee meeting, this platform learned.

The refinery project is linked with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Ministry of Petroleum and NNPCL to fix the nation’s moribund refineries in order to start refining crude oil locally.

The 110,000bpd capacity Kaduna refinery is one of Nigeria’s four dysfunctional refineries that have produced no petrol for many years, leaving the country to rely heavily on imported petroleum products.

Fire Outbreak At Warri Refinery Won’t Stop Project Delivery Schedule – NNPCL

Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has vowed that the fire outbreak, which happened last weekend at the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), will not affect the delivery timing of rehabilitation works at the facility.

Naija News reports that the national oil company confirmed that there was a fire incident at the Warri refinery at the weekend.

However, explaining the cause of the fire outbreak, NNPCL said the incident happened. during an ongoing welding activity at the top of the cooling tower.

NNPCL, in a statement on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Saturday, confirmed that the fire incident would not in any way affect the delivery schedule for the rehabilitation of the facility.

While describing the fire incident as minor, the company explained that “This afternoon, at about 15:02hrs, there was a minor fire incident at the cooling tower of Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited (WRPC).

“The fire which occurred as a result of ongoing welding activity at the top of the cooling tower will not affect the refinery rehabilitation project delivery schedule.

“NNPC Limited safety officers at the Refinery acted immediately and put out the fire at about 15:30hrs; normalcy has since been restored. NNPC Limited will continue to adhere to the best safety standards in all its business operations.”