Refineries – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:35:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Refineries – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 FG Reports 67.6 Million Barrels of Crude Supplied to Domestic Refineries https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-reports-67-6-million-barrels-of-crude-supplied-to-domestic-refineries/ https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-reports-67-6-million-barrels-of-crude-supplied-to-domestic-refineries/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:00:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=467045 The Federal Government has disclosed that Nigeria’s domestic refineries received a total of 67.6 million barrels of crude oil within the past year, underscoring ongoing efforts to strengthen local refining capacity and reduce reliance on imported petroleum products. The figure reflects both state-owned and private refinery allocations as the government intensifies its push to achieve [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-reports-67-6-million-barrels-of-crude-supplied-to-domestic-refineries/feed/ 0 PIA expands fuel imports beyond Dangote, other refiners https://www.theinfostride.com/pia-expands-fuel-imports-beyond-dangote-other-refiners/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pia-expands-fuel-imports-beyond-dangote-other-refiners/#respond Sun, 22 Aug 2021 20:57:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=304559 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. Under the DSDP scheme, which was introduced by the NNPC in 2016, selected companies are allocated crude supplies in exchange for the delivery of an equal value of petrol and other refined products to the corporation. Several stakeholders, including [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pia-expands-fuel-imports-beyond-dangote-other-refiners/feed/ 0 Minister: Nigerian government will support lawful refiners https://www.theinfostride.com/minister-nigerian-government-will-support-lawful-refiners/ https://www.theinfostride.com/minister-nigerian-government-will-support-lawful-refiners/#respond Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:42:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=298744 The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says that government will support artisanal refiners that are lawful in their operations.   The Minister disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday when he featured at a Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that government had been supporting building of modular [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/minister-nigerian-government-will-support-lawful-refiners/feed/ 0 ARDA: African countries need $15.7 billion to upgrade oil refineries https://www.theinfostride.com/arda-african-countries-need-15-7-billion-to-upgrade-oil-refineries-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/arda-african-countries-need-15-7-billion-to-upgrade-oil-refineries-2/#respond Sat, 05 Jun 2021 13:15:36 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=296048 The African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA), a pan-African organisation for the downstream oil sector in Africa, says Nigeria and other countries in the continent require $15.7 billion to upgrade 36 oil refineries. Founded in 2006, the ARDA is comprised of African oil refiners, importers, terminal operators, major marketers, distributors and regulators. In March, the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/arda-african-countries-need-15-7-billion-to-upgrade-oil-refineries-2/feed/ 0 My Government Built Three Refineries In PH, Warri And Kaduna – Yakubu Gowon https://www.theinfostride.com/my-government-built-three-refineries-in-ph-warri-and-kaduna-yakubu-gowon/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:57:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=231093 Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd) has come out to say that his government built three refineries, the ones in Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna for domestic use and was working on building additional refineries to export refined products, rather than giving the crude to several countries. This is a reaction to Minister of [...]

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]]> Nigeria’s Refineries Has Not Undergone TAM For 42 Years – Maikanti Baru https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-refineries-has-not-undergone-tam-for-42-years-maikanti-baru/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 06:03:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=224622 The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru has said that the country’s refineries had not undergone Turn Around Maintenance(TAM) for an aggregate of 42 years. He said that in spite of this hindrance, a lot of rehabilitation works were happening in all the three refineries. He noted that the [...]

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]]> Private Modular Refineries Would Come On Stream By December – Ibe Kachikwu https://www.theinfostride.com/private-modular-refineries-would-come-on-stream-by-december-ibe-kachikwu/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:08:26 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=221945 Dr Ibe Kachikwu has said there are strong indications that three out of the 40 planned modular refineries would come on stream by end of 2019. Kachikwu disclosed this at the three-day Biennial International Conference for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) organised by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Lagos on Monday. “Out of the [...]

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]]> All Our Refineries Were Working When I Was First President – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/all-our-refineries-were-working-when-i-was-first-president-buhari/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:34:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=197671 Muhammadu Buhari has promised that the income accrued by Nigeria on rising oil prices will be spent on infrastructural development. He said hat the extra funds outside the provision of year 2018 budget “will be deployed to infrastructure projects like roads, rail, and power, for the good of our people, and for the development of [...]

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]]> No Plan To Sell Refineries – Ibe Kachikwu https://www.theinfostride.com/no-plan-to-sell-refineries-ibe-kachikwu/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:17:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=170066 The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it has no plans to concession or sell the refineries in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari said this while declaring open the 5th Triennial National Delegates’ Conference of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria(PENGASSAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. The theme of the conference is: [...]

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]]> Oil Multinationals Should Build Signature Refineries – Kachikwu https://www.theinfostride.com/oil-multinationals-should-build-signature-refineries-kachikwu/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:28:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=161798 The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday urged oil giants to build signature refineries in Nigeria. Signature refineries are bigger than modular ones but do not produce up to the large scale refineries in Nigeria. They are built mainly to augment local need to reduce importation. Kachikwu made the appeal [...]

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]]> NSCDC Destroys 12 Illegal Refineries Within 90 Days https://www.theinfostride.com/nscdc-destroys-12-illegal-refineries-within-90-days/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:53:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=161042 The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has destroyed 12 illegal refineries in the state within the first quarter of 2017. The Commandant of the Corps, Mr Makinde Ayinla, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Wednesday. Ayinla said that [...]

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]]> Refineries Will Work Optimally In 2017 – NNPC https://www.theinfostride.com/refineries-will-work-optimally-in-2017-nnpc/ Tue, 20 Dec 2016 23:26:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=151917 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday said it would embark on a comprehensive rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries to achieve optimal capacity utilisation in 2017. NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Refineries, Mr Anibor Kragha, said this in Abuja in a statement by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division. The [...]

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]]> Ibe Kachikwu Absent At Sale Of Refineries Hearing https://www.theinfostride.com/ibe-kachikwu-absent-at-sale-of-refineries-hearing/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:23:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=130822 The absence of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Thursday stalled a scheduled public hearing of the House Committee on Privatisation and Commercialization at the National Assembly. The hearing was adjourned after the committee was informed of the Minister’s inability to attend due to his foreign trip to attend a [...]

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]]> PH, Warri Refineries Now Producing Petrol – Ibe Kachikwu https://www.theinfostride.com/ph-warri-refineries-now-producing-petrol-ibe-kachikwu/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:09:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=126708 The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the Port Harcourt Refining Company and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company are now producing petrol daily. Kachikwu made the disclosure via a statement released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday, April 24, 2016. “Port Harcourt is back in [...]

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]]> FG Need $700m To Upgrade Refineries – Ibe Kachikwu https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-need-700m-to-upgrade-refineries-ibe-kachikwu/ Sun, 24 Apr 2016 15:26:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=126605 The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said on Saturday that the Federal Government needed 700 million dollars to upgrade its refineries to produce at maximum capacities. Kachikwu, who is also the Group Managing Director of NNPC, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen during the re-inauguration of the Port Harcourt/Bonny Crude Supply Line [...]

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]]> Crisis To Ease Soon As NNPC Reopen PH, Kaduna Refineries https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-to-ease-soon-as-nnpc-reopen-ph-kaduna-refineries/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:23:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=125652 The ongoing fuel scarcity in the country is expected to end soon as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the reopening of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries. According to the NNPC, the Port Harcourt refinery has commenced operations while the Kaduna refinery is expected to begin operations by next week. This was [...]

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]]> Minister Discloses Nigeria’s Refineries Repositioned To Produce 10m Litres Of Petrol Daily https://www.theinfostride.com/minister-discloses-nigerias-refineries-repositioned-to-produce-10m-litres-of-petrol-daily/ Mon, 28 Dec 2015 00:18:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=115627 The Minister of State for Petroleum and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed that the nation’s refineries had been repositioned to produce not less than 10 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, per day. He stated this yesterday during his official visit to Kaduna [...]

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]]> NNPC’s GMD Reaffirms Commitment To Refine Nigeria’s Crude Oil Locally To Meet Immediate Domestic Needs https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpcs-gmd-reaffirms-commitment-to-refine-nigerias-crude-oil-locally-to-meet-immediate-domestic-needs/ Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:27:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=103332 With the nation’s refineries, especially the Port Harcourt Refinery Company (PHRC) roaring back to life, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday in Benin, the Edo State capital, said the country’s  crude oil would  be processed to meet immediate domestic needs. The NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, who spoke at this year’s NNPC [...]

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]]> NSCDC Destroyed 10 Illegal Refineries In 3 States, Seized 42 Oil Tankers https://www.theinfostride.com/nscdc-destroyed-10-illegal-refineries-in-3-states-seized-42-oil-tankers/ Sat, 26 Sep 2015 07:55:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100954 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it destroyed 10 illegal refineries in three states and seized 42 oil tankers used in diverting petroleum products to the black market. The Commandant General of the Corps, Abdulahi Gana, told journalists in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday that the operation was carried out between July [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > Nigeria To Save $1bn When Local Refineries Commence Full Production – NNPC GMD https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-nigeria-to-save-1bn-when-local-refineries-commence-full-production-nnpc/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 11:30:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-nigeria-to-save-1bn-when-local-refineries-commence-full-production-nnpc/ A preliminary report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has shown that $1 billion in foreign exchange will be saved from fuel import substitution when local refineries commence full production. The submission of the report was confirmed by the president’s [...]

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]]> NNPC Shuts Warri Refinery Due To Operational Challenges | #News https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-shuts-warri-refinery-over-shortage-of-crude-news/ Sat, 29 Aug 2015 09:30:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/nnpc-shuts-warri-refinery-over-shortage-of-crude-news/   The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), yesterday, stated that it has shut down the Warri Refineries over shortage of crude. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, who disclosed this, noted, however, that the refinery is expected to be reopened for operations on Tuesday. “They are supposed to [...]

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