Nigeria Plans Bridging Fuel Supply Deficit With Condensate Refining

As part of plans to guarantee energy security and stop petroleum products importation in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has kicked off the process of establishing the first condensate refinery in the country.

The corporation says it plans to take the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the project in July, 2020. The condensate refineries will be located at Western Forcados Area and Assah North Ohaji South (ANOH) Areas of Delta and Imo States, Nigeria, e360 learnt.

Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari, disclosed this during the signing in Abuja, of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of the condensate refinery project at the NNPC Towers.

Kyari noted that Nigeria had great potentials for condensate that could be leveraged upon to bridge the huge fuel importation deficit in the country; stressing that there was need to drive the condensate refinery project with utmost priority as the various stakeholders were upbeat about its prospects.

“This country expects that we secure all our petroleum products requirements in-country. We have a clear mandate from the President to stop petroleum importation and we believe this can be done. Condensate refining is something that we at the NNPC are very passionate about,” he said.

While commending the duo of National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO), the Engineering subsidiary of the NNPC, and KBR (a consulting engineering firm), for the impressive feasibility study on the project, Kyari challenged them to ensure the completion of the FEED by June, 2020, to enable the project proceed to second phase.

The GMD said that the ongoing efforts in revamping the corporation’s refineries was part of the strategies towards achieving the goal of self-sufficiency in local refining capacity.

He used the opportunity to reiterate the corporation’s commitment to support private and indigenous companies with genuine interest in setting up refineries in the country.

The contract for the FEED was signed by the GMD on behalf of NNPC and its partners, Seplat and Borkir International, and NETCO and KBR.

 

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