Nigeria unveils first modular refinery November

The first modular refinery owned by Niger
Delta Petroleum Resources with 10,000 barrel of crude oil daily
refining capacity is to be unveiled in the first week of November.

 

The refinery in Ogbele, Rivers State is an upgrade from 1,000 bpd capacity to 10,000 bpd.

 

The Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Niger Delta, Mr Edobor Iyamu, stated in Uyo, Akwa Ibom
State at the opening session of a media workshop on ‘Agenda for the
Niger Delta New Vision’.

 

The workshop, which was organised by the
Niger Delta New Vision in the Office of the Vice-President, had the
theme: ‘Partnership for regional development and nation building’.

 

He also stated that prior to the
unveiling of the upgraded refinery in Rivers State in November, a
ground-breaking ceremony would be performed by the Presidency for the
construction of another 5,000 bpd modular refinery on October
4 in Obigwe, Ohaji, Imo State.

 

Iyamu stated: “The Niger Delta Petroleum
Resources in Ogbele, Rivers State, has established an additional 10,000
bpd modular refinery. Civil works and installation of refinery are
almost completed.

 

“The company already has a pioneer 1,000
bpd mini refinery in the same site and it is expected to be inaugurated
in the first week of November by the Presidency.

 

“There’s also the Walter Smith modular
refinery that is to be established with a capacity of 5,000 bpd in Imo
State. The ground-breaking has been fixed for October 4.”

 

He said the vision was part of the
Federal Government’s 16-point agenda for the development of the region,
which was already being carried out in phases.

 

 Others include the Ogoni
clean-up project, gas flaring commercialisation policy, and the
establishment up of the Maritime University in Delta State.

 

The workshop, which is the third in the
series, had in attendance journalists and civil society organisations
drawn from Abia, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states.