NNPCL Loaded Old Stock, Not Fresh Products – Host Community Secretary Makes Disturbing Revelations On Port Harcourt Refinery

Mgbere also pointed out that only six trucks were loaded on Tuesday, despite earlier statements promising that 200 trucks would be dispatched daily from the refinery.

He made these statements during an appearance on Arise TV, which was monitored by our correspondent on Thursday.

Alesa, one of the ten major communities in Eleme, Rivers State, is the host community for the Port Harcourt Refinery.

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The refinery, with a capacity of 60,000 barrels, resumed operations on Tuesday after years of inactivity, initially receiving praise from Nigerians and industry stakeholders.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) stated that the refurbished refinery is now operating at 70% of its installed capacity, equipped with modern technology.

According to NNPC, the refinery’s primary outputs will be diesel and Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO), with daily production capacities of 1.5 million litres and 2.1 million litres, respectively.

Additionally, Straight-Run Gasoline (Naphtha) will be blended into 1.4 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), along with 900,000 litres of kerosene and 2.1 million litres of low-pour fuel oil.

The NNPC had also stated that approximately 200 trucks of petrol would be distributed daily into the Nigerian market.

However, Mgbere criticized the official reopening event as merely a “party,” emphasizing that the refinery’s full units are still non-functional.

He said, ” The Port Harcourt refinery, and by extension, the Port Harcourt depot, happens to be the mainstay of the Alesa community economy, the economic activities emanating from the operations of these depots means a lot to us as a community people, but as it were, now, I don’t think it’s a cause for celebration yet, because what we are having in the media space is different from what we have on the ground.