The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), today Wednesday
Jan. 20th said they have shut down two refineries, one in Port Harcourt
and the other in Kaduna following blowing up of pipelines in the Niger
Delta.
“The plants were shut on Sunday because of
“breaches” to the Bonny-Okrika supply line to Port Harcourt and the
Escravos-Warri pipeline to Kaduna” NNPC said in a statement.
The NNPC said before the closure on Sunday, the Port Harcourt
refinery was processing more than 4.1 million litres of petrol per day
while Kaduna was producing about 1.3 million litres.
“In response to the unexpected setback, we
have activated comprehensive remedial measures to sustain the prevailing
stability in the supply and distribution of petroleum products across
the country,” the company said in a statement by its Group General
Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe.
No comments:
Post a Comment