August 30, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced its intention to engage reputable and credible operations and maintenance (O&M) companies, to oversee the operations of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC).
This was announced on the company’s official X handle on Thursday.
Commissioned in 1978, the Warri Refinery, located in Warri, Delta State, is a complex conversion refinery with a nameplate distillation capacity of 6,250,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTA), equivalent to 125,000 barrels per day (bpd).
The refinery complex includes a petrochemical plant commissioned in 1988, with production capacities of 13,000 MTA of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of carbon black.
The Warri refinery is strategically positioned to supply petroleum products to Nigeria’s southern and southwestern regions.
On its part, the Kaduna Refinery was commissioned in 1980 to cater to the petroleum needs of Northern Nigeria, with an initial capacity of 50,000 bpd.
In 1983, the capacity was expanded to 100,000 bpd by adding a second 50,000 bpd crude train dedicated to the production of lubricating oils. Further expansions in 1986 increased the capacity of the first crude train to 60,000 bpd, bringing the refinery’s current nameplate capacity to 110,000 bpd.
