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    NCDMB, Duport JV 10,000 barrels modular refinery ready next month – Wabote

    November 24, 2021
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    *Simbi Kesiye-Wabote

    Mkpoikana Udoma

    Port Harcourt — The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Wabote has said that the Duport 10,000barrels modular refinery was on track to be completed before the end of December 2021.

    The project is being developed with equity contribution from NCDMB in line with the Federal Government’s policy of catalyzing modular refining, which is geared towards increasing in-country refining of petroleum products, adding value to crude oil resources, and creating jobs from oil and gas operations.

    Wabote speaking during an inspection visit to Duport Energy Park in Egbokor, Edo state, indicated that the installations and civil works at the plant as well as all mechanical works would be concluded before the 23rd of December 2021, noting that by first quarter of 2022, the gas gathering facility will also be completed.

    The NCDMB boss said local content opportunities on the project are numerous, noting that 100 percent of the total workforce are all Nigerians from the clearing of the site to the civil works. He further stated that all the contracting and sub-contracting phase of the project went through local businesses.

    Wabote explained that one of the key benefits of the Board’s partnerships for the establishment of modular refineries is the steady rebuilding of local skills in refinery operations especially amongst the nation’s teeming young workforce.

    “I am impressed. It is part of what we try to do at NCDMB when we take up any project, we follow it through end to end to see that it is delivered, and we are very optimistic this will also be delivered at the right time with the right quality”.

    Also, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Duport Midstream Company Limited, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, commended the Board for its continuous partnership, adding He that NCDMB support has goes beyond the capital support to include catalyzing the new project.

    Akindele dislcosed that Duport Energy Park is the first smart energy park in the world that comprises of a 10,000 barrels per day modular refinery, a 60 million standard cubic feet per day gas gathering facility, a 50MW power plant and a data analysis centre.

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