December 3, 2024
By Idris Buba
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has corroborated Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, claims that the recently reopened Port Harcourt Refinery Company, PHRC, is producing petrol, diesel, kerosene, and other products.
President of PENGASSAN, Comrade Festus Osifo made this known on Tuesday at the association’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Abuja.
Speaking on the arguments about whether the PHRC is producing or not Osifo, said the association being part of the steering committee knows every beat of progress in the rehabilitation process.
He urged Nigerians to focus on the product and not the process of turning out the materials from the plant.
He further explained that the ongoing refining process in the facility and noted “So when they blend this, it gives us PMS. But what we should be interested in, as material is, does Port Harcourt refinery produces AGO today. The answer is yes.
“Does Port Harcourt Refinery produce DPK today? The answer is yes.
Does Port Harcourt Refinery produce PMS today? The answer is yes.
“So the processes are not much of our concern. The man on the street does not understand what CTU is.
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“The man of the street does not understand what is classified. What the man of the street understands is PMS, kerosene, and diesel. Are we getting these from Port Harcourt? The answer is yes.”
While he sought the complete rehabilitation of the refineries Osifo, wanted the PHRC privatised, insisting on the adoption of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG model.
He emphasized that products’ prices were yet to clash because of high exchange rates.
The PENGASSAN boss, is however, concerned over the high rate of expatriate quota that abound in the oil and gas industry.
