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No refinery has produced petrol for 8 months- NNPC

No drop of petrol or kerosene was produced by any of the refineries under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for eight straight months. Latest figures released by the NNPC on refined white products (petrol and kerosene) from local refineries showed that from June 2019 till January 2020, the facilities refined none of the identified finished products. It was further observed that the last time the refineries produced Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, was in May last year. The same scenario also applied in the production of Dual Purpose Kerosene, often referred to as kerosene, as the last time it was refined by the facilities was in May 2019. Refineries under the management of the NNPC are the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, Port Harcourt Refining Company and Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company. An analysis of the figures should that in January, February and March 2019, the refineries produced 45.5 million litres, 44....