Port Harcourt Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: NNPC
• Website: http://www.nnpcgroup.com/
• Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• Capacity: 10.5 million tons/annum & 210,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 60,000 + 150,000 bpd
• Naphtha Hydrotreatung unit (NHU),
• Catalytic Reforming Unit (CRU),
• Kero Hydrotreating Unit (KHU)
• Continuous Catalyst Regeneration Unit,
• Hydrogen Purification,
• Fuel Gas Vaporizer,
• Sour Water Treatment
• Caustic Treatment unit
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU),
• Gas Treating
• Mercaptan Oxidation unit
• Dimersol,
• Butamer Isomerisation
• Alkylation unit
• Platform Unit
• LPG Unit,
• Utilities

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), Premium Motor Spirit (Gasoline), Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), and Fuel Oils.

Ongoing Projects

• A 100,000 barrels per day plant for the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel “SAF” is to be built and commissioned in 2025

Other Information

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History

• 1965 - 35,000BPSD hydro-skimming refinery commissioned by a Consortium of British Petroleum and Shell.
• 1972 - the refinery was expanded to 60,000 bpd
• 1988 - New 150,000 bpd train was commissioned
• 2022 - SAF project started

Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Maire Tecnimont Group awarded new contracts for approximately USD 96 million