NNPC looks to collaborate with REPSOL on refineries 0

Group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru, said that the NNPC was currently undergoing a transformation which includes increasing the corporation’s refining capacity, Leadership reports.
Baru, who disclosed this while receiving the Spanish ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Alfonso Barnuevo, at the NNPC Towers in Abuja, Thursday, also said that the corporation would work closely with the Spanish National Oil Company, REPSOL to improve the technical capacities of the refineries. “As you know, we have challenges with our refineries and with REPSOL refining about 900,000 barrels of crude oil per day, we can collaborate on that, going forward,” Baru noted.
He stated that the corporation was partnering well with some Spanish companies in the area of liquefied natural gas (LNG) also known as cooking gas. The GMD also expressed NNPC’s desire to boost safer energy utilisation in the country through promoting LNG consumption. He stated that the NNPC was also working on the Trans Sahara Gas Pipeline project and would rely on the technical support of some Spanish companies towards addressing the challenges of gas supply.