{"id":21674,"date":"2024-12-30T13:23:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21674"},"modified":"2024-12-30T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:30:31","slug":"nnpc-revives-warri-refinery-commences-local-fuel-production-as-kyari-promises-surprise-restart-for-kaduna-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21674","title":{"rendered":"NNPC Revives Warri Refinery, Commences Local Fuel Production as Kyari Promises Surprise Restart for Kaduna Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Warri Refining &amp; Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) in Delta State has resumed operations, marking a significant step in Nigeria\u2019s efforts to revamp its oil refineries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Group Chief Executive Officer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nnpcgroup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited<\/a> (NNPC), Mele Kyari, disclosed this during a tour of the facility on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThis plant is running, although not yet at 100 percent capacity. Many doubted the feasibility of this project, but today we\u2019ve shown that real progress is possible in this country,\u201d Kyari said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He congratulated the NNPC team and contractors for their determination, adding that the restart of the refinery proves the possibility of reviving previously shutdown plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Warri refinery has entered its first operational stage, referred to as Area 1, which can now produce high-quality petroleum products such as diesel (AGO), kerosene, and naphtha. Kyari noted that these products would not only meet local demand but also be exported, boosting the nation\u2019s economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThis achievement aligns with President Bola Tinubu\u2019s directive to reactivate all three refineries. With Warri\u2019s Area 1 operational and Port Harcourt\u2019s 65,000 barrels-per-day refinery already running, we are making progress. Kaduna is also on track, and though we won\u2019t give a specific timeline, we\u2019ll surprise Nigerians with its restart soon,\u201d Kyari said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), also joined the facility tour, emphasizing the collaboration behind the success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">These developments represent a renewed commitment to reducing Nigeria\u2019s dependence on imported petroleum products and achieving self-sufficiency in refining capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warri Refining &#038; Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) in Delta State has resumed operations, marking a significant step in Nigeria\u2019s efforts to revamp its oil refineries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9912,9911,9117,339,9910],"class_list":["post-21674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-kaduna-plant","tag-local-fuel-production","tag-mele-kyari","tag-nnpc","tag-warri-refinery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21677,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21674\/revisions\/21677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}