BREAKING: At last, Port Harcourt Refinery begins production

Nigeria’s Port Harcourt Refinery has commenced crude oil processing, according to Olufemi Soneye, the spokesperson of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).

Soneye disclosed on Tuesday that the refinery has started operations at 60 percent capacity, processing 60,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

The refinery has a combined capacity of 250,000 barrels per day.

This development follows multiple missed commencement deadlines.