The Nigerian
National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) has announced that the Federal Government
will build 1,000 kilometres of pipeline from Agadam Niger Republic, to
supply
crude oil to Kaduna refinery.
The announcement was
made on Friday by the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, during a
visit to the Kaduna Refinery Petrochemical Company Limited in Kaduna State.
The GMD also
revealed that contacts have been made with Niger Republic on the possibility of
importing crude from the country.
He said, “President
Muhammadu Buhari has made several contacts with the President of Niger
Republic.
“We are talking with
Niger Ministry of petroleum. We are also talking with the Chinese Company
operating in Agadam .”
He said some
investors have shown interest to build another refinery of 50,000 barrels pay
day capacity.
He said, “We are
convincing them to come and build side by side with the Kaduna refinery.
“The intention is to
build around Kano but we think there is greater synergy to what I have seen
here. I am more convinced they will benefit from some of the utilities of
Kaduna refinery.”
Baru also pledged to
sustain efforts at enhancing energy supply to power industries in Kaduna
through the development of Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline, as well as
development of power plants in Kaduna and Abuja.
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