NNPC Signs $1.5bn Contract for PH Refinery Rehabilitation
From Left- Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa Region of Tecnimont SpA, Davide Pelizzolam Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari and Engr. Ahmed Dikko, Managing Director, Port Harcourt Refining Company at the signing ceremony of $1.5billion PHRC Rehabilitation project.
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NNPC Signs $1.5bn Contract for PH Refinery Rehabilitation

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday signed contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) for the rehabilitation of the 210,000-barrels per day capacity Port Harcourt Refinery in Alesa-Eleme, Rivers State.

It is part of the drive by the management of NNPC to boost in-country refining capacity.

The rehabilitation project which has a completion timeline of between 18 and 44 months under a three-phase arrangement was awarded to Milan based Tecnimont SpA at a lump sum contract price of $1.5 billion, inclusive of VAT and other statutory payments.

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, described the PHRC rehabilitation project as a dream come true, noting that the project was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to the Nigerians to make the refineries work.

Kyari said in arriving at the choice of Tecnimont SpA, the corporation embarked on a transparent tender process which can withstand any forensic audit.

“NNPC is ready and open to answer any question pertaining to the project.

“The same transparent process has been emplaced for the rehabilitation of the Warri and Kaduna Refineries whose EPCIC contracts would be awarded in June 2021,” he said in a statement by Dr Kennie Obateru, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs and given to Persecondnews.

According to Kyari, the rehabilitation exercise is very different from a routine Turn-Around Maintenance as it would entail a total retrofitting of the plant with major part and equipment replaced with new ones.

Giving further insight into the project, the Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd, Engr. Ahmed Dikko, said Phases 1 and 2 of the project would get the refinery ready to receive hydrocarbon, while Phase 3 will focus on the start-up the refinery for operation, stressing that the entire work shall be delivered in 44 months from today.

In his remarks, Vice-President, Sub-Saharan Africa Region of Tecnimont SpA, Davide Pelizzola, pledged the readiness of his company to work assiduously with the NNPC to comply with the terms and obligations of the contract.

The signing ceremony of the PHRC rehabilitation project was witnessed by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers NUPENG among others.

READ ALSO:  FG approves $1.5bn for Port Harcourt Refinery repair 

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