Port Harcourt Refinery To Start Operations In December — Kyari

Mele Kyari

Kyari said the Port Harcourt refinery will begin operations in December 2023

“I can confirm to you that by the end of December this year, we will start the Port Harcourt refinery...”

The launch of the Port Harcourt refinery is scheduled for December 2023, according to Mele Kyari.

He made this statement on Thursday, November 23, during a meeting with Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Nigeria will cease importing gasoline by December 2024, according to the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, who also stated that work is now being done on the state-run refineries.

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He declared: “I can confirm to you that by the end of December this year, we will start the Port Harcourt refinery; early in the first quarter of 2024, we will start the Warri refinery and by the end of 2024, the Kaduna refinery will come into operation.

“This is the commitment we are giving today, and you can hold us accountable for this. In 2024, many of the initiatives including the rehabilitation of our refineries and also the efforts of small-scale refineries, and the upcoming Dangote refinery, will make Nigeria a net exporter of petroleum products in 2024.

“We will no longer be talking about fuel importation by the end of 2024. I am very optimistic that this will crystallize.”