NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, over the weekend disclosed
ongoing plans by the Federal Government to import fuel from Niger
Republic to Nigeria. Baru who disclosed this during a town hall meeting
with the management and staff of KRPC in Kaduna, said President Buhari
has ordered the construction of about 1, 000 kilometer crude oil
pipelines from Niger Republic to Kaduna Refinery.
“Due to challenges with the aged refinery and crude oil pipelines that
had been breached severally, the operations of the refinery has been
epileptic. This we are determined to resolve through various
intervention methods, including evaluation of alternative crude oil
supply from Niger Republic through building of a pipelines of over 1,
000 kilometers from Agadem to Kaduna. That effort is being championed by
Mr. President himself. It was important to explore alternative crude
supply to KRPC which has been affected by vandalism of pipelines and
obsolescence. The Corporation has already started engagements with the
Nigerien Minister of Petroleum and the Chinese that are operating the
field at Agadem located in the East Niger Rift Basin"he said
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