The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday announced that the nation’s three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri have attained a combined daily production capacity of over 6.76 million litres of petrol.
The corporation in a statement issued by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ohi Alegbe, said the oil firm’s petrol production was projected to increase to over 10 million litres per day by the end of January 2016.
The NNPC gave a breakdown of the petrol yield from the various plants. It said while Port Harcourt refinery which was re-streamed a week earlier was producing some 4.09 million litres, the Kaduna was contributing some 1.29 million litres and Warri, which was re-streamed on Sunday, was producing 1.38 million litres.
The corporation said, “The PMS volumes from the refineries, which are currently operating at an appreciable percentage of their nameplate capacities, will help stabilise the fuel supply and distribution situation in the country.”
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