The Port Harcourt refinery in Nigeria has received a shipment of 475,000 barrels of crude oil from energy supermajor Shell.
The shipment was carried out by Shell Petroleum Development Company – the largest fossil fuel company in Nigeria – through its Port of Bonny Offshore Terminal and delivered to the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited.
“This milestone will support the government’s aspiration of steady supply of petroleum products to the downstream market and other associated benefits to the economy of the nation,” said Shell in a statement.
Set to start operations following years of rehabilitation and integrity activities, the refinery is poised to increase domestic refining capacity while making petroleum products more readily available in the country.