The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has refuted reports of an explosion at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) in Rivers. The company, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi…
After a week of inactivity, the Port Harcourt Refining Company has resumed the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol. The refinery had unexpectedly halted its petrol loading operations two weeks ago, with no immediate explanation provided…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has clarified claims by a community leader in Alesa, Rivers State, alleging that the Port Harcourt refinery is not producing petrol. NNPC also stated that the refinery is currently producing at 90 per…
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has clarified that no new price has been released for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from the Port Harcourt refinery. According to the oil marketers, negotiations are…
The recent resumption of operations at the Port Harcourt Refinery, Nigeria’s largest state-owned oil processing facility, has been met with both applause and skepticism. The news marks a significant milestone for the country’s ailing oil and gas sector, one that…
The state-owned Port Harcourt Refinery has commenced production of petroleum products. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Olufemi Soneye on Tuesday. Soneye also confirmed that truck loading operations would start today. Soneye stated…
The ongoing saga of the Port Harcourt Refinery is a stark reminder of the persistent shortcomings in Nigeria’s oil sector. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited’s inability to adhere to its self-imposed deadlines for the refinery’s revival is more…
The Deputy President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Zarma Mustapha has assured that the Port Harcourt Refinery will meet its deadline and become fully operational this August. During an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Mustapha…
To historians and literature students or even scholars, the “Ides of March” is not strange to them, especially in the ancient Roman Empire,where in 44BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated by the conspirators even after a soothsayer warned him to be…
It is no longer news that Nigeria and indeed Nigerians have waited patiently and endlessly for the commencement of production of the four refineries in the country, especially Port Harcourt Refinery, but lo and behold, it has been continuous shifting…
