The upgraded Nigeria refinery, Port Harcourt. Photo: Handout.
LAGOS : Nigeria's state-owned oil company NNPC Ltd on Monday tendered for operators of its Port Harcourt oil refinery in the Niger Delta, which is expected to begin production in the first quarter of this year, the company said.
The refinery, which is undergoing an upgrade, will begin by processing 60,000 barrels per day (bpd), and NNPC expects to operate at the full capacity of 210,000 bpd later this year.
NNPC said in a public notice that it wanted to engage reputable and credible operations firms "to operate and maintain one of its refineries, Port Harcourt Refining Company, to ensure reliability and sustainability towards meeting the nation's fuel supply and energy security obligations".
The oil company said prospective operators should have a turnover of at least $2 billion since 2019, evidenced by their latest credit rating and experience in running refineries.
NNPC said on Jan. 4 that it would complete test runs at the Port Harcourt refinery this month before resuming production.
The refinery, which was shut five years ago, is among state-owned refineries that have been mothballed for years, but which the Nigerian government is trying to revive to end the country's reliance on imported refined products.
Source: Reuters
尼日利亞升級改造的國有哈科特港煉油廠尋求營運商
拉各斯：尼日利亞國有石油公司 NNPC Ltd 週一對其位於尼日爾三角洲的哈科特港煉油廠的營運商進行了招標，該公司表示，該煉油廠預計將於今年第一季開始生產。
該煉油廠正在進行升級，一開始的加工能力將達到每天 60,000 桶 (bpd)， NNPC 預計今年稍後將達到 210,000 桶/天的滿載運作。
NNPC在一份公告中表示，希望聘請信譽良好且可靠的營運公司「營運和維護其煉油廠哈科特港煉油公司，以確保履行國家燃料供應和能源安全義務的可靠性和可持續性」。
該石油公司表示，自 2019 年以來，潛在營運商的營業額應至少達到 20 億美元，這是其最新信用評級和營運煉油廠經驗的證據。
NNPC 1 月 4 日表示，將於本月完成哈科特港煉油廠的試運行，然後恢復生產。
該煉油廠於五年前關閉，是已封存多年的國有煉油廠之一，但奈及利亞政府正試圖重振該煉油廠，以結束該國對進口煉油廠產品的依賴。
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