Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited, which resumed operation recently, has announced that 28 million litres of fuel have been pumped into the domestic market to ease the current product scarcity across the nation.
The Managing Director of the company, Bafred Audu Enjugu, said in a statement on Thursday, April 14, that the rapid response was the product of a fast-track strategy aimed at optimizing available capacity at the plant in an effort to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians groaning, under the biting fuel scarcity in the country.
He said the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCC) of the refinery had been running, while some products from the primary processing units had been blended to generate over 10.28 million litres of petrol.
Enjugu said 1.7 million litres were released to the depot last Friday, while another 4.5 million litres were transferred to the depot for distribution on Saturday and additional 4.08 million litres last Tuesday.
According to him, the refinery commenced a process of blending Crack C5 and Naphtha on Sunday leading to the generation of 17.3 million litres for immediate distribution.
Enjugu assured Nigerians that the premier refinery is available to sustain its production and contribute to the nation’s petroleum products pool.
He lauded the efforts of the workforce of the refinery in the sustenance of operations at the refinery.
