The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the four oil refineries in the country will resume full production by July.
This was made known by tHe spokesman of the commission, Ohi Alegbe.
According to him, the two refineries in Port Harcout would begin operations after turnaround maintenance, followed by those in Warri and Kaduna.
“Even when the refineries work at full capacity, they can only produce around 19 million litres of petrol per day,” he said.
“There will still be a shortfall of about 21 million litres,” he said, pointing out that Nigeria consumes about 40 million litres of petrol per day.
Nigeria, one of Africa’s top two oil producers, is forced to import most of its petrol products due to its ailing refinery system, which generally runs well below capacity, sometimes at just 20 percent, due to neglect and pipeline sabotage.
Alegbe said the turnaround maintenance for the four refineries had been ongoing since November last year.