The Senate ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the turnaround maintenance of Nigeria’s refineries says the upgrade and full rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery is at 90 percent completion and expected to commence operation before the end of the year.
The chairman of the committee, Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah (representing Anambra South senatorial district) disclosed this in Port Harcourt when he led members of the committee on a courtesy visit to the Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
Senator Ubah’s announcement is coming on the heels of a similar announcement by members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) that the plant has largely been completed.
The oil marketers through its Port Harcourt branch chairman, Tekena Ikpaki, told journalists that the plant would start releasing products any time soon, based on their visit to the facility, as well as information from members working at the refinery.
Senator Ubah, who said his committee was in Port Harcourt to investigate the work that has been done and assess the level of preparedness of both the old and new Port Harcourt Refineries to recommence operations, gave no specific time for the commencement of operations by the refinery.
