The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced plans to partner with reputable and credible Operations and Maintenance (O&M) companies to manage the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company.
This was revealed in a statement on the company’s official X handle on Friday.
The Warri refinery, located in Delta State, was commissioned in 1978 and has a nameplate distillation capacity of 6,250,000 metric tons per annum (MTA), or 125,000 barrels per day (bpd).
The refinery complex also includes a petrochemical plant, commissioned in 1988, with production capacities of 13,000 MTA of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of carbon black.
It primarily serves markets in Nigeria’s southern and southwestern regions.
The Kaduna refinery, commissioned in 1980, initially supplied petroleum products to Northern Nigeria with a capacity of 50,000 bpd.
In 1983, its capacity was expanded to 100,000 bpd with the addition of a second crude train dedicated to producing lubricating oils.
Further expansion in 1986 increased the refinery’s current nameplate capacity to 110,000 bpd.
