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Azikel Refinery: NNPC boss calls for encouragement, lauds Eruani

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By Amos Okioma

The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has called for sustained encouragement owing to the remarkable pace of work at the Azikel Refinery site, even as it lauded the President of Azikel Group, Dr Azibapu Eruani, for having achieved 65 per cent completion on the phase I, II

and III stages.

This, the group managing director, represented by Shehu Malami, the managing director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, said at the foundation laying of the Azikel Refinery performed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Yenagoa.

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He shared the optimism that the refinery construction would be completed soon to begin onward dispensing of refined petroleum product to the public.

According to him, works on the perimeter fencing, loading gantry, security unit and the administrative building has attained appreciable level of completion; the core refining modules of the ISBL fabricated

in Houston, USA would be freight on skid and coupled at the refinery site.

He pointed out that the 12, 000 barrel per stream day (bpsd) hydro-skimming refinery would produce petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, LPG and heavy fuel oil.

The GMD, however, lauded the signing of the certificate of occupancy of the Azikel Refinery and Azikel Power Project acquired land by State Governor, Seriake Dickson, witnessed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his humble self.

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