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Refineries Resume Kerosene, Diesel Production
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says its three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri have resumed production of diesel and kerosene.
Group General Manager, NNPC Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu disclosed this in a statement last Wednesday in Abuja.
He said that the resumption of refining of the products was expected to balance the disequilibrium in the demand and supply of the products as being experienced in parts of the country.
He further said that the Kaduna Refinery had also commenced operations to ease the situation in supply and distribution of petroleum products nationwide.
Ughamadu also stated that NNPC had made arrangements for additional supply intervention through direct importation of diesel, kerosene and DPK to sustain product availability across the country.
In the statement, Mr Solomon Ladenegan, the Managing Director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), said that the plant was doing well.
This, he said, was especially so since the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) was revived on Jan. 7, adding that it resumed production same day.
According to Ladenegan, the plant now refines 2 million litres of kerosene and 3 million litres of diesel daily.
“This morning, we have pumped the products to PPMC and they have started loading; they are going to load up to one million litres of diesel and kerosene.
“The products are there in the tank and we are doing everything to get them to the market,” Ladenegan said.
In the same vein, the Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), Dr Bafred Enjugu, said that the refinery was producing 3 million litres of AGO (diesel) daily.
This, he said, was in addition to 2 millions of DPK (kerosene) being produced by the refinery daily.
Enjugu expressed happiness that his operators were thrilled following the rehabilitation of old Port Harcourt Refinery.
He said that with the development, production of diesel was being carried out by locals without deployment of foreign expertise.
An independent marketer, Alhaji Abubakar Yahaya of Yamoyus Nigeria Ltd. described the refinery and the depot environment as positive.
He said that marketers now had access to diesel and kerosene in sufficient quantities.
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
