Topic: Nigeria and her ageing refineries. (Read 201 times)

All this is due to selfish interest that why we are all suffering in Nigeria in every aspect, Dangote also said that the oil gangs are more dangerous than the drugs gangs, he was asked that are you not aware of them and he said he is aware but not as powerful as he thought, I don't think Dangote have issues with the government or anyone else but NNPCL are trying to make life difficult for Nigeria because of what they are getting personally, greediness is taking over everything, only few that are benefiting from the crude oil are they one fight Dangote, Nigeria is just full of corruption, look at how this people are behaving as if they are the one bringing money from their pocket to spend for us for free, moreover this all things are for all Nigerians.

The corruption in the oil sector can make it hard for Dangote refinery to be fully functional without any major disruption or setback in the operation of it. Even before Dangote refinery will start operation, they’re already having issues with the government and I’m sure it is those oil cabals that are benefitting from oil importation that are stopping that from happening.  About Nigeria having shortage of crude, that’s a big fat lie, the oil in Nigeria in in abundance to last for many decades from now. The rumour circulated about it was that Nigeria have mortgage our crude oil they’re yet to drill as substitute for loans they took from other countries, so every crude we drill for our consumption will be given to them and we then buy back from them for our use. I just hope this is not true because if it is, we are just doomed by our leaders already in this country.

You rightly said it all, how can the refineries work when the president and his cabal all owns an oil wellthey use to export crude. If the refineries is functioning they won't make money so they will fight anyone trying to make a good life for Nigerians, its unfortunate we have evil and wicked men in power that doesn't care about the generations to come, they are only interested in the present and what they will steal from the National treasury. Africa leaders are all useless,  Nigeria in particular has no hope for the future generations we keep voting people who are not worthy of truth.

See how they are frustrating Dangote Refinery,  they won't let it function. Dangote is regretting making such investment in Nigeria right now. Tinubu is busy buying more oil company,  he just bought Agrip oil company. So it be hard for us to have a working Refinery in Nigeria.

What is just happening is just a sign of cabal who have decided to pocket national cake as they are full of greed because looking at how the military put many things in place and this democracy destroy them all instead of improving them to another greater height is extremely disheartening. The reason why all this happened is the nature of government we run as nation where all the state is depending on state that have oil for allocation and shared in the national chamber, hard it been each state is harvesting any resources that have and pay task to the government most if this cabal that has pin the economy down for their selfish interest will not take place as it stands now many if this oil marketers have seen high level of gain in the system of refining oil outside as they bring some bills that is not even in reality and they will approve it for them allowing, production to go on in the nation will cut down their gain and will always kick against it by all means, though this opinions may not work but would have reposition the nation if all state is allowed to go and explore what they have build refineries and pay task to federal to those who are good in agriculture the economy would have stabilized because the over dependants on oil has created many cabal.

I no believe say any of those refineries go really function again, people wey suppose serious make am function, na dem Dey benefit as e no Dey function now, and as we Dey selfish, everyone Dey fight for him pocket, people only care about themselves and their family members, Dey no care about how other Dey feel.

Dem Know say if money Dey, their children or families no go even stay dis country, so nothing concern them about how others Dey feel. For how long now dem Dey talk say that port harcourt refinery go start production, up till now we no hear anything.

That resuscitation might never come, the oil marketers we mostly refer to as the cabals will never allow it to work, because since the refineries are not working, it allows them to import refine products and sell it at any given price they want. Even the refinery Dangote has tried his best to build, so that we can be refining locally, they've all ganged up to to fight him, to a point now the man is now ready to sell it out to the federal government of Nigeria. As at today the price of premium motor spirit PMS is sold in some filling station for 850 naira, black market is 1000 naira.

those days things were good compering to now so the refineries are facing so many difficulties, due the leaders we have now and what I think is that if only the leaders see that the refineries are really helping. They won't have give them much trouble in anyways so before the refineries begging for resuscitation that means are getting hard for them.

Our Nigerian refineries are not functioning and are left abandoned is not because Nigeria, doesn't have the resources to repair them or they don't have the resources to build new ones. The refineries are left dilapidated because people in high places wants it to be so, the people that are benefiting from fuel subsidy and importation of refined petroleum products will never allow the refineries to work. Nothing is working in the country, these sets of wicked people that have also not allowed us to have steady electricity power supply will will never be happy to see any meaningful things to work in Nigeria, because they are gaining from the dilapidations.

Dangote, refinary is an evidence that we have highly placed wicked individuals that doesn't want any refinary to function Nigeria, imagine having that magnitude of a refinary that can produce finished products that can serve the whole country but they wouldn't let it to function because they won't be able to import fuel again. The uptimal functioning of Dangote, refinary will make them not to import fuel into the country again and be getting richer so they'll rather have a country that will totally depend on importation to enrich themselves.

This Nigeria has been bad for so long see the refinery that are not work are paying staff, I think there is something behind this because how can the all refinery stopped and worker were been paid,

The truth of the matter is, even if these refineries were functional today, it won't be able to cater for today's demand by the country. According to a statistics report I saw on the internet, the Nigerian oil consumption is approximately 428000 barrels of oil. Going by the figures you provided above, when you compare what we want and what those three refineries were to be producing, you will realize that if these refineries were to be functioning today, they can barely serve the nation of it needs. Now, imagine that these refineries have been almost useless as they don't even function right now.


As of today, a news report shows that Dangote refinery will be purchasing a total of 1 million barrels of fuel from the Brazilian crude to serve for the second half of next month. When Nigeria is supposed to be enjoying the refinery, if they were to sell domesticaly to the Dangote refinery. It is obvious to agree with you that our problem is way beyond just the refineries and as a matter of fact, has also caused the unfortunate situation of the refineries we face today. The oil cabals have always worked hard to truncate whatever success that should be recorded in the oil sector for their private accounts. What's more annoying is that these said people are more powerful than the government and seems to be the controllers of the government. I can't believe that a country like Nigeria which is supposed to be the giant of Africa can be put to its bear like this.

When people argue about forms of government,  some people we say the military are better while some we say the democracy is better. But they really don't know that the type of government doesn't matter, but the individuals piloting the government that matter most, Nigeria refineries was built by the military government and they run it effectively,  the four refineries was working well under the military regimes. But under the Democratic government all are in bad shapes,  the worse part is that every government use it to steal money,  they pretend to repairs it but at the end not work in those refineries.  Under Buhari then minister of petroleum promised the nation that the portharcout refineries will work by the end of the buhari administration.  But nothing to show for it, Tinubu tenure has started working on the refineries again just to steal money. What actually that's the problem with the refineries that they can't solve?

I have reported this kind of post before but which was marked bad. Although, some were marked good in the past and moved to Nigeria local board. Since it was marked bad, I stopped reporting such post. I thought of it that some people may want people from other countries to contribute to the discussion and make them post the topic on English board.

Those people benefiting from the importation of refined oils into the country should be termed as enemies of the nation if they don’t want a functional refinery in the country. A country proclaimed to be the giant of Africa without even one functional refinery is a big shame and the leaders that have caused this continue to just look out after their selfish interest and not the good living of the people that have voted them into those seats. Do you even think the news circulating of Nigeria haven shortage of crude oil is true? Couldn’t it have been another means of them to continue the crude oil importation to enrich themselves more? The last time I read about the crude oil reserves in places like Nigeria, it won’t have come to the point of them importing crude oil for their refineries.

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Nigerian government owned four refineries that had capacity of 445,000 barrel per day when they were fully functional. They are Warri refinery and petrochemical company, old Port Harcourt refinery; new Port Harcourt Refinery and petrochemical company and Kaduna refinery and petrochemical company.

According to news, if Dangote refinery is fully functional, it will have capacity of 650000 barrels per day. Which means it is bigger than the whole four refineries combined. Dangote refinery is even buying crude oil from outside Nigeria like from United States. It is the Africa biggest refinery and the world's largest single train refinery according to what I read on news.

What I read last was that there was crude oil shortage in Nigeria. I am also surprised that Dangote is importing crude oil. The problem Nigeria has regarding oils is more than the damaged refinery. Some people making money from importing refined oils do not want functional refineries in Nigeria. After Dangote refinery has been working, this truth has surfaced and known already.

Refineries in Nigeria were build in den days military administrators, these refineries were situated in Kaduna, Delta, and Rivers state respectively,. They operated with out interruption for decades during the military regimes now they are all dilapidated and are begging for resuscitation.