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“Mr President promised Nigerians he will fix the refineries,” NNPC boss Mallam Mele Kyari said during the contract signing ceremony on Tuesday.
“We are happy to deliver on this Presidential mandate. We’ll continue this process to also deliver on both Warri and Kaduna Refineries,” he said.
The signing is coming few weeks after the Federal Executive Council approved the sum of $1.5 billion for the project. x
However, the move was rejected by many experts and a former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar who said the company should be sold off.
Petroleum Minister Timipre Sylva in March said the project will be completed in three phases, the first within 18 months taking the refinery to 90% production capacity, with the second and final phases carried out within 24 months and 44 months respectively, Sylva told reporters in Abuja.
However, the move was rejected by many experts and a former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar who said the company should be sold off.
Speaking during the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract signing ceremony on Tuesday, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, said: “Mr President promised Nigerians he will fix the refineries.
“We are happy to deliver on this Presidential mandate. We’ll continue this process to also deliver on both Warri and Kaduna Refineries.”
The Managing Director of PHRC, Engr Ahmed Dikko, signed the contract paper for his company while The Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mr Davide Pellizola, signed on behalf of Maire Techimont SpA.
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EPC contract signed for the rehabilitation works of the Port Harcourt Refinery Complex
4/6/2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by the Federal Executive Council to carry out Rehabilitation works for the Port Harcourt Refinery Company Limited, located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in Nigeria, which is a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).
The overall contract’s value is about $1.5 billion. The project entails engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities for a full rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery complex, aimed at restoring the complex to a minimum of 90% of its nameplate capacity. The complex is composed of two refineries totaling an overall capacity of approximately 210,000 bpd (