With the full implementation of African Refinery project in Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria in view, Port Harcourt Limited has been awarded Phase one contract for the colocation of a Greenfield Refinery to Messrs Tecnimont SpA (being part of Maire Tecnimont Group, a global oil & gas refining, chemical & petrochemical, fertilizers and power EPC company) as the FEED contractor.
In a statement issued by the Chief Executive Officer, ARPHL, Mr Omotayo Adebajo, stated that the 100,000bpd name plate capacity refinery would process Nigerian crude oil and produce Premium Motor Spirit, Automotive Gas Oil, Jet A-1, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, and Low Pour Fuel Oil.
This was after the negotiations with NNPC to acquire a 10 per cent equity stake in ARPHL’s 100,000BPD refinery at the same location.
As stated, “The Front-End Engineering Design contract is the first step towards implementing a plant for the processing up to 100,000 barrels per day of crude oil and, for the first time in Nigeria, contribute with the world decarbonisation targets, by implanting, in parallel, a prototype plant utilising green technologies for the production of sustainable aviation fuel or Biojet from waste (such as agricultural waste, animal fats, used cooking oil). The plant will be developed at the existing Port Harcourt Refinery Battery Limit and due to be operational in 2025.”
