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Only one of the CDU’s furnaces is currently Joshua Cudjoe said the government was seeking
operational, giving the 56-year-old facility an strategic partners willing to provide the capital
effective throughput capacity of 30,000 bpd. required to rehabilitate TOR, which requires
Reports in May 2021 had also suggested that extensive repair work, a goal which Duffor
the refinery had depleted all its feedstock, with seems to be continuing.
operations halted for maintenance and repair His pledge to revive refinery has painted it
works to begin. as an important part of improving the country
In mid-2022, Minister for Public Enterprises as a whole. ™

NDEP says expansion of Ogbele

modular refinery is complete

NIGERIA NIGERIA’S ND Refineries Ltd reported this refinery, located in Ogbele marginal field in Oil
week that it has completed mechanical con- Mining Lease (OML) 54, Ahoada East Local
struction of a fourth train at its Ogbele modular Government Area of Rivers State, is the fourth
refinery, raising production capacity to 14,000 train. “The group has invested and installed
barrels per day (bpd). It said the new unit would equipment comprising various units, including
be dedicated to the production of petrol for the a reformer, to further convert produced naphtha
domestic market. to gasoline (PMS) for the domestic market. This
Local media reported that the facility would train is expected to be operational by the end of
be inaugurated and brought into operation 2023,” an NDEP representative informed the
before the end of this year. local THISDAY news outlet.
ND Refineries is a subsidiary of Niger Delta “In line with the increasing demand for
Exploration and Production (NDEP) Plc, an petroleum products in the domestic market,
integrated indigenous company operating further expansion is being planned for the near
throughout the upstream, midstream, and future to increase the overall capacity of the
downstream segments of Nigeria’s oil and gas refinery. The goal is to increase refining capacity
industry. in the medium-term future,” the NDEP repre-
The most recent addition to the existing sentative said. ™

UNOC and Sonatrach sign MoU

on oil and gas cooperation

ALGERIA/UGANDA UGANDA National Oil Co. (UNOC) and its country was looking for Algeria to invest in its
Algerian counterpart Sonatrach have signed a planned refinery. “We want to build an inland
memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the refinery,” Museveni said, adding: “It is absolutely
development of oil and gas projects in Uganda. necessary because it will cut transport costs, see-
The deal was confirmed over the weekend when ing that we are far away from the coast.”
UNOC made a short statement on Twitter say- Uganda’s planned 60,000 barrel per day (bpd)
ing: “The MoU covers oil and gas co-operation refinery will be built at Kabaale in the Hoima
– upstream, midstream (refining and petro- district. It is expected to begin production by
chemicals), downstream, capacity building, and 2025, pending a final investment decision (FID)
oil and gas services.” to be made in June of this year.
The MoU was signed by Dr. Michael The facility is anticipated to cost around
Mugerwa, general manager of Uganda Refinery $4bn, and it will process waxy crude from the
Holding Co. (URHC), and Sonatrach CEO Tew- Lake Albert oilfields that are being developed
fik Hakkar. by TotalEnergies (France) and China National
The signing came during Ugandan Presi- Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC). It will turn out
dent Yoweri Museveni’s recent three-day visit petroleum products for consumption in Uganda
to Algeria, during which he had said that the and neighbouring countries. ™

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