NNPCL Under Fire As $897m Warri Refinery Revamp Flops.
The failure of Warri Refining And Petrochemical Company to produce Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) after gulping a whopping sum of $897.6million in maintenance cost has put NNPCL management under Mele Kyari in fresh trouble.
Tongues are wagging within the industry as a review document revealed that the refinery has been shut down since January 25, 2025, barely a month after former NNPC group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, declared it operational.
Industry operators and experts are questioning the operational integrity of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, particularly regarding transparency, efficiency, and overall management of Nigeria’s refineries under its purview.
This is after an April 2025 document on the sector from the Nigerian midstream and downstream petroleum regulatory authority revealed that the Warri refinery has remained shut since January 25, 2025, due to safety issues in its crude distillation unit main heater.
