Kaduna Refinery to start fuel supply today.

Nnamdi-Ogbue said resumption of production in other refineries would start before the end of the year.According to her, production will start first at the 210,000 bpd-capacity Port Harcourt refinery which was shut-down in October while the 125,000 bpd-capacity Warri refinery will be the last to come back on stream.

As the refinery resumes production, there are hopes that it will cushion the effect of the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country. The fact that PPMC is currently saddled with the responsibility of importing and supplying 100 per cent of the average 40 million litres daily national fuel consumption capacity compounds the model of distribution of the products across the country.
PPMC and the other oil marketers used to share the responsibility of importing fuel at the ratio of 52:48 but the major and independent oil marketers involved in the fuel importation programme in the country had opted out due to the backlog of unpaid fuel subsidy and accumulated foreign exchange differential.