The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), on Wednesday Jan. 20th said they
have shut down two refineries, one in Port
Harcourt and the other in Kaduna following
blowing up of pipelines in the Niger Delta.
"The plants were shut on Sunday
because of “breaches” to the Bonny-
Okrika supply line to Port Harcourt and
the Escravos-Warri pipeline to Kaduna"
NNPC said in a statement.
The NNPC said before the closure on Sunday,
the Port Harcourt refinery was processing
more than 4.1 million litres of petrol per day
while Kaduna was producing about 1.3 million
litres.
“In response to the unexpected setback,
we have activated comprehensive
remedial measures to sustain the
prevailing stability in the supply and
distribution of petroleum products across
the country,” the company said in a
statement by its Group General Manager,
Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Mr.
Ohi Alegbe.
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