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DMEA REFINING DMEA

ND Refineries

completes

expansion at Ogbele

NIGERIA NIGERIA’S ND Refineries Ltd reported this a reformer, to further convert produced Naphtha
week that it has completed mechanical con- to Gasoline (PMS) for the domestic market. This
struction of a fourth train at its Ogbele modular train is expected to be operational by the end of
refinery, raising production capacity to 14,000 2023,” an NDEP representative informed the
barrels per day (bpd). It said the new unit would local THISDAY news outlet.
be dedicated to the production of petrol for the “In line with the increasing demand for petro-
domestic market. leum products in the domestic market, further
Local media reported that the facility would expansion is being planned for the near future to
be inaugurated and brought into operation increase the overall capacity of the refinery. The
before the end of this year. goal is to increase refining capacity in the medi-
ND Refineries is a subsidiary of Niger Delta um-term future,” the source added.
Exploration and Production (NDEP) Plc, an NDEP became the first to operate a private
integrated indigenous company operating refinery in Nigeria, unveiling a 1,000 bpd refin-
throughout the upstream, midstream, and ery train in 2010 that has since been producing
downstream segments of Nigeria’s oil and gas premium diesel for the domestic market. The
industry. The most recent addition to the exist- refinery’s capacity was increased in 2020 with
ing refinery, located in Ogbele marginal field in the addition of two trains, bringing its total
Oil Mining Lease (OML) 54, Ahoada East Local refining capacity to 11,000 bpd and enabling it
Government Area of Rivers State, is the fourth to produce other refined products in addition
train. “The Group has invested and installed to diesel, including kerosene, marine diesel oil
equipment comprising various units, including (MDO), naphtha, and heavy fuel oil (HFO).™

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