The New Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC 2 is ready for the production of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) which will drastically reduce the volume of fuel imports by 40 per cent.
Chrome Oil Services, one of the members of one of the three contractors, handling the phased rehabilitation of the refinery made this revelation during the weekend.
The Project Manager, Chrome Oil Services, Mr. Bombey Adigbara said “The job on the FCCUs is about 98 percent completed and by next weekend, we will hand over and the FCCUs will be re-streamed and the refinery will be working at about 95 percent of its throughput.
“Three companies participated in this phased works and COS is the first, and we are still doing the work. At the moment, the refinery has started preliminary production, which means that it is Unit 1 that is producing.
“The Unit 3 is being handled by Chrome, and by the end of next week, we will hand over the plant and the FCCs will be streamed. When this is done, we will start experiencing high level of PMS production in Nigeria. So, all the critical jobs are being done by us.