Kaduna Refinery
26 Nov
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated the revival of the Port Harcourt Refinery just as he directed the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to promptly reactivate the refineries in Warri and Kaduna. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu congratulated the NNPCL on the…
11 Sep
The House of Representatives has announced a postponement of its resumption from recess to September 24, 2024. This follows a rescheduling from the original date of September 17, 2024, as communicated to the lawmakers via an internal memo by the Clerk of the House, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Esq., on Wednesday, on the directive of the…
30 May 2024
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has revealed that the Kaduna Refinery was not calibrated to process
19 Apr 2024
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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