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Local fuel retailers in Rivers State have insisted that there is no maintenance activity going on at the old Port Harcourt refinery.

The retailers under the aegis of Eleme & Okrika Host Community Bulk Petroleum Retailers Association stated that the facility was denied crude for over three months before it was eventually shut down for repairs.

At a press conference on Thursday, the association reacted to claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited that the refinery worked till last Friday before it was shut down on May 24.

According to them, the facility had been suffering from a crude shortage for unknown reasons, expressing fears that the refinery may remain shut like the Warri refinery.

Speaking further on the matter, the istrative Secretary and Spokesman of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria, Joseph Obele, said the shutdown of the refinery was far from maintenance.

“As of the Host Community Bulk Petroleum Retailers Association, we have privileged information, and it is true that the refinery has been denied crude for some days now, and shutting down the refinery was far from maintenance, but it was short of crude oil.

“The internal memo from them (the PHRC management) stated that the crude oil cracking process without PMS is of no value. They were not getting PMS from the crude oil; they were getting only AGO. So the refinery was shut down, far from maintenance, based on the information at the reach of the bulk petroleum retailers from the host community,” Obele said.

He told our correspondent that the association was raising the alarm to inform President Bola Tinubu that the facility was denied crude, alleging that the crude was diverted.

“There was no crude supply to the refinery, and the question we are asking is that if they are denying this refinery crude oil, where is the local volume? And it won’t be in any other place than finding its feet in the international market. The Federal Government of Nigeria, under President Tinubu, is against selling the crude meant for local consumption. So, we are raising an alarm for him to know that they have denied the refinery crude oil, and the volume that is meant for the local refinery should be questioned,” he stressed.

He worried that the refinery would not start operations in 30 days if there was no crude in its reservoirs, as of the time of this report.

Even after 30 days, if the refinery is to come up, there will be no crude oil available. So, where is the crude oil meant for the local refinery? Their claim is maintenance but our own position is that how come it stopped getting its crude oil? And even if it comes up in 30 days, there’s no possibility of this refinery coming up in 30 days because there’s no crude oil coming up.

“Weeks before it came up in November, there was a sufficient supply of crude oil. As we speak, the refinery is dry of crude, and there’s a crude oil volume meant for the local refinery. Where is that crude oil? Supply of crude doesn’t take one day, it takes weeks,” Obele argued.

The BoT Chairman, Sunny Nkpe, commended Tinubu for his commitment to revamping Nigeria’s neglected refineries. Nkpe requested a consistent crude oil supply to the refinery, saying the association will monitor allocation and distribution to prevent disruptions, “given plans to potentially deny crude oil allocation and sell abroad.”

He advocated the appointment of a substantive Managing Director with expertise in refinery operations to facilitate the remaining revamping stage. Nkpe sought adherence to the 30-day repair timeline and regular progress updates from contractors and the NNPC to aid the commencement at the refinery within the stated timeframe.

They commended the former Managing Director of the refinery, Ibrahim Onoja, and his team “for their dedication and hard work in revamping the refinery, deserving recognition and incentives.”

When ed, the NNPC spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, did not reply to messages sent to him by our correspondent. However, Soneye recently denied any claim of Sabotage.

He said the refinery was shut down to enhance its operations after the maintenance exercise. “NNPC Ltd wishes to inform the general public that the Port Harcourt Refining Company will undergo a planned maintenance shutdown. This scheduled maintenance and sustainability assessment will commence on May 24, 2025,” he said.

Soneye added that the company is working with relevant stakeholders to ensure efficiency and transparency during the exercise.

“We are working closely with all relevant stakeholders, including the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to ensure the maintenance and assessment activities are carried out efficiently and transparently.

“NNPC Ltd remains steadfast in its commitment to delivering sustainable energy security for Nigeria. Further updates will be provided regularly through our official channels, including our website, media platforms, and public statements,” he stated.

Soneye told our correspondent exclusively on Friday that the one-month maintenance exercise will follow global best practices with uninterrupted fuel supply during the period.

“We are preparing to undertake a scheduled critical safety maintenance exercise aimed at ensuring the continued safe and sustainable operation of the facility. This maintenance activity, which will follow global best practices, is expected to last approximately one month. To ensure uninterrupted supply during this period, we have adequate volumes of AGO, kerosene, and other products,” he said.

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Every sane humanity with conscience knows the lies and propaganda with the corruption associated and claims of TAM of refineries in Nigeria today under this lying government

Are they the engineers that the maintenance contract was given to?

helinues:
Are they the engineers that the maintenance contract was given to?

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helinues:
Are they the engineers that the maintenance contract was given to?

No maintenance whatsoever in PH refinery yet, the lying APC is counting it as one of tinibu's achievements
And helinues want us to be cheering his master for things we never see

No be juju be dat?

Tinubu is the biggest scam in Nigerian history

Tinubu is good at two things:-propaganda and taxation.the Lagos he claimed he built was based on taxation and not production.the governors are ing him cos with d removal of subsidy he has more money to give them while making d average Nigeria poorer.if not for rigging I don't know how he will win 2027 cos he's d most hated politician in d north(u can ask a northerner in d street)and d south naturally won't vote for APC and not even endorsement by governors/politicians will make an average southerner in d street to change his mind.

APC uses sprawling publicity stunt to manipulate reality but reality can't be manipulated.

Tinubu don cast for real...see how they're deceiving their hungry online urchins with elusive propaganda of 40 achievement s,yet hardship is the greatest achievement masses can actively relate with tinubu government for this 2 years of this regime...yet corruption is still in place in all stages of government, in this 2years no ex governor that was charged to court ever get convicted, frustrated by their lack of success in their duties, EFCC have turned themselves into agency of CBN that monitor how people spend naira ..I wonder how economic and financial crime and spraying of naira is connected...atleast during PDP time we saw how EFCC successfully jailed former governors of the ruling party over financial crimes against their own states ...even buharia pretended to fight corruption with few cases here and there but this present government is purely after the politics of 2027 ,even if u are a thief just cross-over to APC and your sins will be forgiven ...EFCC radar will be turn off from you...this is the kind of achievement people that pretend to be sane is celebrating....

Where are all the billons of money Nigeria is earning from sales of crude oil. We are a dying nation. This is not a joke, wasting and rooting our future generations. They should be a national day mourning for Nigeria. We are dying faster than any nation on earth. You can spend 2billion dollar on a project that doesn’t work. Please 🙏 we need a change of change. We can stick to govt of lies and deceit this is beyond tribe, it’s beyond politics it’s for survival

Tinubu is a fraudulent and a scammer. He is cursed.

Oh lawd!!

Buhari staring at Tinubu like......baba T. be like you wan break my record!...

He cannot win 2027 elections

Fraudulent government..lies everywhere. Logo of APC

If you're living in Nigeria and seeing how Nigeria is collapsing under Tinubu and you vote for him in 2027 simply because he's your tribesman, you're worse than him.

Government of PROPAGANDA

helinues:
Are they the engineers that the maintenance contract was given to?

See you! What exactly do Nigerians want?

We all know that the deregulation happening to the oil sector where NNPLC is no longer the sole dictator of oil production in Nigeria with the dangote refinery in full operation is something oil marketers are fighting by sabotaging government efforts.

Somebody wants the price of petroleum products to fly up and it's certainly not Dangote

Emilokan politics can never save Nigeria. Emala and awedu politics can never save Nigeria.

This government have so lied that it is practically impossible for them to tell the difference between Truth and Lies.

And so they lie and daily assuming it to be the truth.
This is how it gets when the foundation is built on lies and propaganda.

Evil party, evil and evil ers. Gathering of the Devils

The government isn't telling us the truth about our refineries.

I am beginning to believe what dangote said that some of the NNPC has refineries in other countries, that's why our refineries ain't working.

helinues:
Are they the engineers that the maintenance contract was given to?

Siamese twin to the promoter of "Our Darling Daddy Buhari" who has since adopted a pseudonym when Buhari's failures became so obvious.

helinues:
Are they the engineers that the maintenance contract was given to?

You must defend nonsense

Tinubu is a master of propaganda

Was going through his supposed achievement in office and was laughing so hard

Tinubu is a failure
Nigerians has lost more people to insecurity than Ukraine and Russia combined

All this noise, I don't get it! Is it so that they can start importing again?

Lol.... This country,nawa o

Maxymilliano:



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Lol... Aswearugad

dynicks:
Oh lawd!!

Buhari staring at Tinubu like......baba T. be like you wan break my record!...

Racoon:
Every sane humanity with conscience knows the lies and propaganda with the corruption associated and claims of TAM of refineries in Nigeria today under this lying government

For months, you Obidence low I-Q wailers said that they were not even producing fuel at all; now they claim that they were producing at a reduced rate. People who lie like these people for propaganda and attention-seeking purposes cannot be taken seriously on such an issue.