The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has announced the approval of a licence for the construction of a new refinery.
The approval was given to MRO Energy Limited, an energy company for the construction of a 10,000 barrels per stream day refinery at Imode In Ughelli, Delta State.
This development comes two months after the authority granted a licence to Process Design and Development Limited to establish and construct a new 27,000 barrels per day refinery in Dole-Wure, Akko area of Gombe State.
The NMDPRA in a post on its official X handle on Tuesday, said, “The authority Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed presented a Licence To Establish a 10,000 Barrels Per Stream Day Refinery at Imode In Ughelli, Delta State, to MRO Energy Limited.”
The latest development signifies that Nigeria now has about 11 modular and regular refineries, adding to the nation’s refining capacity.
