FG to complete maintenance of PH refinery in December
BY MICHAEL EBOH Nigeria’s crude refining capacity is expected to increase by end 2013, as the Federal Government, Tuesday, said the Turn-Around Maintenance of the Port-Harcourt refinery will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2013. The Federal Government also disclosed that work on the Kaduna and Warri Refineries is expected to be concluded by the fourth quarter of 2014, while it said plans are on-going to link Abuja and the Northern part of the country with gas pipelines by 2015. Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources, who disclosed this during the presentation of the ministry’s mid-term score-card at the 2013 Ministerial Platform, further stated that the petroleum sector, over the last couple of months, has witnessed great strides in the drive towards repositioning the nation as a gas exploration and production country. [caption id="attachment_232057" align="alignnone" width="412"] Petro Minister, Alison-Madueke[/caption] Acco...