AIPCC expands Edo refinery capacity

The management of AIPCC Energy, owners of Edo Refinery on Sunday announced the expansion of the 80,000 barrels per day refinery expansion in Koko, a border town between Edo and Delta State.

This was after the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) concluded its crude distillation assessment of the project.

The Head, Technical Operations, Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited (ERPCL), Mr Segun Okeni, in a statement, said the company is expecting to export the first cargo from the refinery by May 2025.

Okeni, an Engineer by profession, listed the by-products of the Koko expansion as AGO, HPFO, Naphtha, and Fuel gas, adding that “the company is hopeful that by the time the plant is completed, NUPRC would have allocated crude to the refinery through domestic crude supply obligation.”

“We expect to export our first cargo from the refinery by May 2025. Assessment test was carried out from 18th Sept to 24th Sept 2024,” he said.

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“By this time, there would have been mechanical completion and pre-start-up safety audit, and commissioning exercise would be completed.”

NMDPRA had earlier issued an operational license to Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited, Ologbo in the Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State.

The issuance of the operational license is the final stage of approval from the regulatory authority for the plant to operate as a refinery.

NMDPRA Chief Executive Officer, Ahmed Farouk, in a ceremony, handed the certificate to AIPCC, the parent company of ERPCL.