The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), today Wednesday Jan.
20th said they have shut down two refineries, one in Port Harcourt and
the other in Kaduna following blowing up of
pipelines in the Niger
Delta.
"The plants were shut on Sunday because of “breaches” to the
Bonny-Okrika supply line to Port Harcourt and the Escravos-Warri
pipeline to Kaduna" NNPC said in a statement.
The NNPC said before the closure on Sunday, the Port Harcourt refinery
was processing more than 4.1 million litres of petrol per day while
Kaduna was producing about 1.3 million litres.
“In response to the unexpected setback, we have activated comprehensive
remedial measures to sustain the prevailing stability in the supply and
distribution of petroleum products across the country,” the company said
in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs
Division, NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe.
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