The acting managing director, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Desmond Inyamah, has given assurance that the refinery will commence full operations in December 2023.
He stated this when members of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the state of the country’s refineries paid a visit to inspect the ongoing turnaround maintenance of the refinery in Ekpan, Delta state.
Inyamah said the last time maintenance work was done at the WRPC was in 2004 and 2005.
Chairman of the committee, Johnson Ganiyu, said the panel had gone to inspect the state of work at refineries.
He said the purpose of the oversight was to have first hand knowledge of the state of the WRPC.
Expressing satisfaction with the level of work at the site, he said when fully functional, the refineries will address the issues of crude oil importation, scarcity of refined products to meet local consumption and export.
Ganiyu said he was delighted with the various ongoing maintenance at the different refineries in the country, and urged the contractor handling the project to respect the terms and conditions of the contract and deliver on projected time.
