An indigenous company, Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd., has been given initial license to begin preliminary work for a 20,000 capacity modular refinery in one of the islands on the coast of Lagos.
The refinery is expected to quaff between $75 – $250 million, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the company, Capt. Emmaneul Ihenacho, said.
Ihenacho, who stated this in Lagos on February 17, said that his company has gotten preliminary approval from the Department of Petroleum Resourses, DPR, and has commenced work on the Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA.
He explained that the company is working on other necessary requirements needed before the final approval for the refinery can be granted.
Ihenacho described the process leading to the final licensing for the project as a “continuous” one which is given in stages, saying that he intends to get funding for the project from both foreign and local banks.
According to him, “If you go to the DPR website you will see all the terms and conditions for granting of refinery licenses. The DPR gives you license in stages, it gives you license to establish, license to construct and after that it gives you license to operate.
“DPR would not sit down and say let us go and do an EIA and after that they will give you license. They give you license based on the technology that is used for refining and your ability to give then very good presentation on that subject before they say alright go and start it.”
