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List of Oil Refineries in Nigeria And Other Details

Oil refineries in Nigeria

There are currently five oil refineries in Nigeria; of which four plants are owned by the Nigerian Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), while the fifth is owned and operated by Niger Delta Petroleum Resources (NDPR).

Here are the five crude oil refineries in Nigeria, the barrels of oil they produce (per day) and the date established.

1. PORT HARCOURT REFINERY

The Port Harcourt refinery, 210,000 barrels per day complex conversion plant is operated by the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The PHRC is made up of two refineries located at Alesa-Eleme, RiversState. The old refinery has a refining name plate capacity of 60,000 barrels per day and was commissioned in 1965, while the new plant with name plate capacity of 150,000 barrels per day was commissioned in 1989. The plant utilizes bonny light crude oil to produce Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), premium motor spirit (PMS), Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) and High Pour Fuel Oil (HPFO).

2. WARRI REFINERY

The Warri refinery was established in 1978 with a refining nameplate capacity of 100,000 barrels per stream day plant and was debottlenecked to 125,000 barrels per stream day in 1987. The refinery is located at Ekpan, Warri, DeltaState, and it is operated by the Warri Refining & Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) Limited, an NNPC subsidiary. The refinery was installed as a complex conversion plant capable of producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), and Fuel Oil from a blend of Escravos and Ughelli crude oils’. WRPC has a petrochemical plant complex that produces Polyproylene, and carbon black from the propylene-rich feedstock and decant oil from the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU).

3. KADUNA REFINERY

The Kaduna refinery has a nameplate refining capacity of 110,000 barrels per day and is located in Kaduna, Kaduna State. The plant is run by the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals (KRPC) Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and has a complex conversion configuration. The KRPC possesses a fuels plant commissioned in 1983 and the 30,000 MT per year Petrochemical Plant in 1988. The refining plant has two (2) distillation units that utilize Escravos and Ughelli crude oils’ for fuels production and imported heavy crude oil for lube base oil, asphalt and waxes. Products obtained from KRPC include Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), House Hold Kerosene (HHK), Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), Fuel Oil. The petrochemical plant produces Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB).

4. NIGER DELTA PETROLEUM RESOURCES

The NDPR refinery is a 1,000 barrels per day topping plant located at Ogbelle, RiversState. The plant is targeted at the production of diesel for its internal consumption and the excess is sold to immediate locality. The plant receives crude oil from the flow station operated by its upstream affiliate, the Niger Delta Exploration and Production (NDEP) Company, within its marginal field.

5. INDORAMA ELEME PETROCHEMICALS COMPANY LIMITED

The Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited (IEPL), formerly known as Eleme petrochemicals Company Limited (EPCL) was acquired in 2006 from the NNPC during the privatization program by Indorama as the Core investors. The complex is located at Eleme, Rivers State, and has 22,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) Butene-1, 270,000 TPA Polyethylene, and 80,000 TPA Polypropylene plants that process natural gas liquids (NGL) from Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and propylene-rich feed from Port Harcourt refinery to produce a range of Polyethylene and Polypropylene products. IEPL rehabilitated the previously under utilized plant, and through prudent management has over the years stabilized petrochemicals production and is on the verge of expanding the plant complex.

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Cite this article as: Teslim Omipidan. (December 7, 2018). List of Oil Refineries in Nigeria And Other Details. OldNaija. Retrieved from https://oldnaija.com/2018/12/07/list-of-oil-refineries-in-nigeria-with-other-details/

24 Comments

  1. Teslim, Thank you for that information. What about Companies that were issued licenses of resent for the construction of modular refineries, do you know how to get the list and their contact?

  2. Hi Teslim, I need the list of companies that have been awarded licences to construct Refineries between 2014 and 2002. How do I get it?

  3. Since 1965 we have refinery but what is the problem with our refinery today. We are more educated than before, and even advance than our leaders of yesterday yet all our refinery are at the zero level of production.

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