The Port Harcourt Refining Company, which is currently shut down, is still supplying 349,000 litres of automotive gas oil, otherwise known as diesel, daily, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority disclosed this in the latest data posted on its website.
According to the NMDPRA, the refinery, which the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited shut down on May 24, 2025, was still having diesel evacuated into the market daily as of November.
While stressing that there are no production activities at the refinery due to its current shutdown mode, the regulatory agency disclosed that the diesel produced before it was shut down was still being evacuated as of November.
“No production activities as the (Port Harcourt) refinery remained in shutdown mode. However, evacuation of AGO produced while the refinery was operational before 24th May 2025 continued at an average of 0.349 million litres/day,” the NMDPRA data read.