The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has constructed a 150 million litres storage facility for the Port Harcourt Refining Company ahead of full operations of the plants.
It said the storage facility was constructed in Atlas Cove, adding that the company had signed Build, Operate and Transfer agreements for the rehabilitation of pipelines and storage facilities nationwide.
The Atlas Cove Jetty is a major installation of NNPCL for receipt and distribution of petroleum products to the western part of Nigeria and is located within the precincts of Tarkwa Bay in Lagos State.
White products include Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol; Automotive Gas Oil or diesel; and Dual Purpose Kerosene, otherwise referred to as Kerosene.
The company further said that an aviation arm had been created that would supply fuel to three international carriers, adding that more airlines would be served in due course.
Outlining its strides in the downstream sector in 2023, the company stated that “the directorate overseeing trading, shipping, refining and retail witnessed extraordinary achievements.”
It added that from concluding crude oil swap arrangements to achieving mechanical completion of the Port Harcourt refinery, NNPC Ltd’s downstream sector marked 2023 with triumphs.
