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Nigerian Refineries - Current and Planned Capacity (kbbl/d)
Refinery State Status / Licence Expiry Active End-22 Planned / Theoretical
Port Harcourt Refinery 1 - NNPC Rivers Under Rehabilitation 0 0 60
Port Harcourt Refinery 2 - NNPC Rivers Under Rehabilitation 0 0 150
Warri Refining and Petrochemical Co. - NNPC Delta Under Rehabilitation 0 0 125
Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Co. - NNPC Kaduna Under Rehabilitation 0 0 110
Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company Imo Operational 5 5 45
OPAC Refineries Delta Complete 10 10 10
Niger Delta Petroleum Resources (Train 3) Rivers Complete 1 1 6
Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Edo Complete 0 6 36
Duport Midstream Edo >95% Complete 0 2.5 10
Dangote Lagos Complete, Testing Ongoing 0 540 650
Azikel Petroleum Ltd Bayelsa >85% Complete 0 12 12
Atlantic International Refineries and Petrochemical Bayelsa Construction Ongoing 0 2 2
BUA Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited Akwa Ibom Construction Ongoing 0 0 200
Lowrie Refinery Ltd Delta Sep-22 0 0 5
Excel Refinery Ltd Bayelsa Sep-22 0 0 5
Clairgold Oil & Gas Engineering Ltd Delta Dec-21 0 0 20
Ogini Refinery Ltd Delta Dec-21 0 0 5
Etopo Energy Plc Delta Jan-22 0 0 30
Gasoline Associates International Ltd Ogun Feb-22 0 0 100
NPDC/ND WESTERN OML 34 JV Delta Feb-22 0 0 10
Frao Oil Nigeria Ltd Delta Mar-22 0 0 12
Kingdom Global Trading Petroleum & Gas Delta Mar-22 0 0 12
Resource Petroleum & Petrochemicals International Akwa Ibom Mar-22 0 0 100
Gazingstock Petroleum Company Ltd Delta Mar-22 0 0 5
Amakpe International Refineries Ltd Akwa Ibom Jun-22 0 0 12
Allegiance Energy and Power Ltd Ibom State Oct-22 0 0 55
Alexis Refinery Ltd Delta Dec-22 0 0 2
Total 16 579 1,789
Source: IGM Energy

The Italian company, with compatriot superma- Expressing optimism about broadening
jor Eni as technical advisor, had carried out a knowledge of the “Nigerian content opportuni-
$50mn, six-month ‘integrity check’ including ties associated with the midstream and down-
equipment inspection and “relevant engineering stream sectors”, Sylva said: “We must find ways
and planning activities” in 2019. to unlock the natural gas and domestic produc-
Once work at PHRC is complete, rehabil- tion potential of Nigeria and drag millions of our
itation work will begin on NNPC’s facilities at people out of energy poverty.”
Warri and Kaduna, which have capacities of Meanwhile, Wabote noted that the NCDMB
125,000 bpd and 110,000 bpd respectively. is collaborating with NNPC to develop a 50,000-
In August 2021 contracts were awarded to litre petroleum products terminal in Brass Island
Italy’s Saipem and subsidiary Saipem Contract- and a 48,000-litre per day base oil production
ing worth a total of $1.485bn – $898mn for Warri facility at Port Harcourt, while construction
and $587mn for Kaduna – that entail a three- remains ongoing at the 64,000 lpd Eraskon Lube
phase approach to rehabilitating the refineries Oil plant in Bayelsa.
over 77 months.
The next largest project on the list is the BUA Modular movement
Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd plant under The country’s current refining slate is limited
development in Akwa Ibom by the local BUA to the Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical
Group. Having completed the conceptual feasi- Co. (5,000 bpd, Imo State), OPAC Refineries
bility study for the project in 2018, US contractor (10,000 bpd, Delta) and Niger Delta Petroleum
KBR was awarded a front-end engineering and Resources Train 3 (1,000 bpd, Rivers). Expan-
design (FEED) deal last year and work is under- sion plans would increase the combined capacity
stood to be ongoing. of these facilities to 61,000 bpd.
Meanwhile, four other facilities – Edo Refin-
Midstream optimism ery and Petrochemical Co. (6,000 bpd, Edo),
Meanwhile, other officials have pointed to the Duport Midstream (2,500 bpd, Edo), Azikel
opportunities for Nigeria in the midstream and Petroleum Ltd (12,000 bpd) and Atlantic Inter-
from the development and harnessing of its large national Refineries and Petrochemical (2,000
gas reserves. bpd, both Bayelsa) are in advanced stages of
Speaking at a forum last week, Sylva said that preparation for launch and would take the total
Nigeria has “adopted gas as its transition fuel modular capacity to 121,000 bpd.
towards actualising its net-zero carbon emis- This rounds out the full 1.4mn bpd capacity
sion and was supporting critical projects to that laid out by the MPR but leaves little room for at
effect”, highlighting Nigeria LNG Train 7, the least 14 other refineries for which licences were
Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline, the highly previously apportioned by the Department of
ambitious Nigeria-Morocco and Trans Saha- Petroleum Resource (DPR), now the Nigerian
ran Gas Pipeline projects and the National Gas Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regu-
Transportation Network Code. latory Authority (NMDPRA).™

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