The three refineries of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna now produce five million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), also identified as kerosene daily.
According to NNPC, this represents more than 60 percent of the national daily consumption requirement of eight million litres.
A statement issued by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, explained that the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, said this at a two-day Investigative Public Hearing of the House of Representative Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream).
The GMD, who was represented by the Chief Operating Officer, Downstream, Mr Henry Ikem Obih, explained that the remaining three million litres of kerosene required daily was being imported by private petroleum products marketers.
He said: “The NNPC ensures that the entire refining output in Nigeria through its refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna and any products imported by it to make up for market supply-shortfalls meet the specifications of the Nigerian Institute of Standard (NIS) and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).”
