Port Harcourt refinery to be turned over to commercial operators by NNPCL

As the Port Harcourt oil Refinery comes to life, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has concluded plans to hand over the government refinery to private operators.
The NNPCL said it was seeking to engage reputable and credible operators and maintenance companies to operate and maintain the Port Harcourt Refining Company.
NNPCL disclosed this in a publication on its website on Monday while adding that the contract scope shall cover refinery business processes like “long-term and short-term production/operations planning; production and operations execution; monitoring, reporting, and optimisation of operations; maintenance execution; health and safety; environmental management; minor projects and others within stipulated date of 2022 till date.
According to the body, the move is to ensure reliability and sustainability towards meeting the nation’s fuel supply and energy security obligations.
The NNPCL had commenced the supply of crude oil to the Port Harcourt refinery to test-run it.