The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said in a statement reaching Xinhua that the plants were shut simultaneously on Sunday after the Bonny — Okrika crude supply line to the Port Harcourt Refinery and the Escravos-Warri crude supply line to the Kaduna Refinery suffered breaches.
The state-owned oil giant added that before the closure, the Port Harcourt Refinery was recording a daily PMS yield of over 4.1 million liters while Kaduna Refinery was posting a daily petrol production of about 1.3 million liters.
The corporation said its Refining and Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) in the southern city of Warriis is still on stream and producing a little above 1.4 million liters of petrol per day.
The Nigerian oil giant however assured that it has put in place strategies to guarantee unimpeded country-wide availability of petroleum products.
Meanwhile, Nigerian troops operating in the Niger Delta region has warned that community leaders would be held responsible for any attack on the country’s oil and gas facilities in their domains.
Commander of the Joint Task-force (JTF) Maj.-Gen. Alani Okunlola assured Niger Delta residents of JTF’s determination to eliminate illegality from the region. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
