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Article: Nigeria Licenses Two Private Refineries
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 20, 1996
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Two private refineries, the first of their kind in Nigeria, have
been approved by Head of State Sani Abacha, which will process a
total of 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
When the two refineries, reportedly to be export-oriented, come on
stream, the country will have a combined daily processing capacity of
745,000 barrels, according to a statement signed last night by Gbenga
Onayiga, Press Secretary to the petroleum resources minister.
The country's four existing refineries have a total processing of
445,000 barrels per day.
However, they ...