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DMEA REFINING DMEA

Another Nigerian modular

refinery set for commissioning

AFRICA THE head of Nigeria’s local content body said Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petro-
this week that another of the country’s planned leum Regulatory Authority (NPRA) – in Sep-
modular refineries is nearing completion amid a tember 2019.
spate of recent activity. According to a research note from consul-
During a site inspection of Duport Energy tancy IGM Energy, Duport will become the
Park at Egbokor in Edo state, Simbi Wabote, fifth modular refinery to reach completion.
executive secretary of the Nigerian Con- “As at November 23, only the 5,000bpd Walter-
tent Development and Monitoring Board smith facility at Ibigwe is operational. However,
(NCDMB), said that the 10,000 barrel per day this will soon be joined by OPAC Refineries’
(bpd) Duport refinery would be completed by 7,000bpd facility in Delta where commercial
the end of the year. operations will kick off in December,” the note
He explained that all installation, civil and said.
mechanical works would be completed by Speaking Downstream MEA (DMEA), IGM
December 23 with gas gathering facilities to be Energy owner and principal advisor Ian Simm
finalised during Q1 2022. said: “Following the completion of construction,
Meanwhile, according to Dr. Akintoye Akin- commissioning work is ongoing at the 5,000bpd
dele, managing director and CEO of Duport Niger Delta Petroleum Resources (Train 3) plant
Midstream Company Ltd, the project’s devel- in Rivers state and the 6,000bpd Edo Refinery
oper, that Duport Energy Park is the world’s first and Petrochemical Company Ltd in Edo. The
“smart” energy park that includes a 10,000 bpd 12,000bpd Azikel Hydroskimming Modular
modular refinery. Refinery in Bayelsa is also nearing completion.”
The facility will also include gas gathering He added: “Once commissioned, these plants
facilities with a capacity of 60mn cubic feet will give Nigeria a nameplate modular refining
(1.7mn cubic metres) per day, a 50MW power capacity of 45,000bpd – a significant achieve-
plant and a centre for data analysis. ment given state-owned NNPC’s poor refining
Wabote added that the project is being car- track record. This aligns with the government’s
ried out with equity contribution from NCDMB strategy of decentralising fuel supplies to remote
and noted that it presents various local content communities and leveraging opportunities to
opportunities with Nigerians already accounting integrate the up- and downstream to improve
for 100% of the project workforce. NCDMB has fuel availability and reduce the impact of pipeline
acquired minority equity holdings in several of vandalism and fuel theft.”
the country’s modular refining projects. Work is also ongoing at the on a 2,000 bpd
Duport received approval to construct (ATC) unit being developed at Okpoama by Atlantic
the facility from the Department of Petroleum International Refineries and Petrochemical Ltd.
Resources (DPR) – recently replaced by the new with foundations laid earlier this year.™

Refinery State Status/Licence Expiry Active Capacity (kbpd) Planned Capacity (kbpd)
Port Harcourt Refinery - NNPC Rivers Under Rehabilitation 0 210
Warri Refining and Petrochemical Co. - NNPC Delta Under Rehabilitation 0 125
Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Co. - NNPC Kaduna Under Rehabilitation 0 110
Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited Imo Operational 5 50
Dangote Lagos >85% Complete 0 650
OPAC Refineries Delta Complete 0 10
Niger Delta Petroleum Resources (Train 3) Rivers Complete 0 5
Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited Edo Complete 0 6
Duport Midstream Edo >85% Complete 0 2.5
Lowrie Refinery Limited Delta Sep-22 0 5
Excel Refinery Limited Bayelsa Sep-22 0 5
Clairgold Oil & Gas Engineering Limited Delta Dec-21 0 20
Ogini Refinery Limited Delta Dec-21 0 5
Etopo Energy Plc Delta Jan-22 0 30
Gasoline Associates International Limited Ogun Feb-22 0 100
NPDC/ND WESTERN OML 34 JV Delta Feb-22 0 10
Frao Oil Nigeria Limited Delta Mar-22 0 12
Kingdom Global Trading Petroleum & Gas Nig. Ltd. Delta Mar-22 0 12
Resource Petroleum & Petrochemicals International Incorporated Akwa Ibom Mar-22 0 100
Gazingstock Petroleum Company Limited Delta Mar-22 0 5
Amakpe International Refineries Limited Akwa Ibom Jun-22 0 12
Atlantic International Refineries and Petrochemical Limited Bayelsa Construction Ongoing 0 2
Azikel Petroleum Limited Bayelsa Sep-22 0 12
Allegiance Energy and Power Limited Ibom State Oct-22 0 55
Alexis Refinery Limited Delta Dec-22 0 2
Total 5 1,556
Source: IGM Energy

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