Thread by @toluogunlesi

One of the very interesting things @NNPCgroup is doing is their refinery collocation initiative, that allows private investors to develop brownfield refineries near existing NNPC refineries, so that they can share facilities - access to crude etc.
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One of the Cos taking advantage of this Initiative is African Refinery Port Harcourt Ltd. It’s set to relocate a 100,000bpd crude oil refinery - which used to be owned by BP, in Turkey; and which it has since acquired - to Nigeria, for collocation with the NNPC Refinery in PH.

“ARPHL signed a framework agreement with the NNPC on 24 July 2017, whereby ARPHL will own and operate the 100,000BPD refinery on a proposed 45 hectares of vacant land within the battery limit of the Port-Harcourt Refinery Complex in Rivers State, Nigeria.” arphl.com/about-us/

This is not a greenfield project, like Dangote Refinery. Also not a Modular Refinery, like the six ongoing ones across the Niger Delta, which I’ve been tweeting about. This is an already existing Refinery which has been dismantled & is awaiting relocation to Nigeria for assembly.

It will sit on 45 hectares of land, next to Port Harcourt Refinery, and will process 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It can produce PMS, Jet A1, LPFO, Diesel, LPG and Sulfur. Its readiness for installation means it can be operational within a year from construction start.

What this means is that, all things being equal, by 2021, not only should Nigeria have the 650,000bpd Dangote Refinery running, there will also be this 100,000bpd collocated Refinery, as well as half a dozen or so Modular Refineries with combined capacity in excess of 30,000bpd.