Nigerians may be in for another
era of fuel shortages across the country as the Kaduna Refining and
Petrochemical Company (KRPC) has shut down operations due to lack of crude oil.
According to the Executive
Director, Services, of KRPC, Abdullahi Idris, in a statement, the refinery,
commissioned in 1980, was functioning at 60 per cent capacity before it was
shut down two weeks ago due to the absence of crude oil.
The EDS, who said the lubes and
petrochemical plant of the refinery plant was commissioned in 1983 and 1988
respectively, explained that the plant was also producing 2.5 million litres of
(AGO) diesel and 1.6 million litres of kerosene per day.
He maintained that the plant had
undergone a turnaround maintenance (TAM) in 2013 and currently had a workforce
of 1,004 staff.
He lamented that with the current
unprecedented average daily fuel evacuation of 55 million litres since December
1, 2017 to date, it was imperative for security agencies to close-in on the
smuggling syndicates who were cashing in on the petrol price differentials
between Nigeria and neighbouring countries to make illicit profit.
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