NNPC Limited has debunked rumours circulating in various media that the recently revamped Port Harcourt Refinery in Rivers state has shut down operations.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, said the restart of the 60,000 barrels per day Port Harcourt refinery marked a turning point in Nigeria’s quest to attain energy security. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL,

Limited has debunked the claim that the old Port Harcourt Refinery has shut down operations. Reports making the rounds claimed that the refinery remains in a non-functional state months after it was rehabilitated.

There are indications that the state-owned Port Harcourt Refinery has stopped operation again less than a month after its rehabilitation. A member of Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, who preferred anonymity,