…Among the eligible criteria spelt out by the NNPC for the tender is the demonstration of a minimum average annual turnover of at least US$2 billion for the financial years ending from 2020, to 2023, respectively
FRI AUG 30 2024-theGBJournal| The NNPC limited has initiated move, through and Expression of Interest (EOI), to hand over the moribund Warri and Kaduna refineries to private sector players, to operate and maintain.
The state-owned oil conglomerate announced its intention Thursday, hoping to engage reputable and credible operations and maintenance companies, ”to ensure reliability and sustainability to meet the nation’s fuel supply and energy security operations.”
NNPCL said the tender for both refineries will be treated as a single tender through a three stage tender process-EOI, technical and Commercial-leveraging on all the possible opportunity cost associated with procurement of consumables, personnel/manpower management, utilization of computerized maintenance management software (CMMS), warehousing management system (WMS) etc.
Among the eligible criteria spelt out by the NNPC for the tender is the demonstration of a minimum average annual turnover of at least US$2 billion for the financial years ending from 2020, to 2023, respectively as well as provision of proven experience in operation and maintenance/turn around maintenance with refineries within the last 20 years.
The NNPCL requests that to be eligible for the tender exercise, all EOIs must be submitted electronically to the NNPC Ltd/Nipex tender portal on or before 12.00 midnight, Thursday 12th September 2024.
Again, ”all documents should be submitted online through NNPC Ltd/Nipex tender portal on or before 12.00 Noon on Thursday 10th October 2024.
The EOIs, the NNPC said, ”shall be opened virtually, following the deadline for EOIs submission on 10th October, 2024, using the NNPC Microsoft Teams.
The Warri Refinery in Delta State, was commissioned in 1978, is a complex conversion refinery with a nameplate distillation capacity of 6,250,000 MTA (125,000 bpd).
The refinery complex includes a petro-chemicals plant commissioned in 1988 with production capacities of 13,000 MTA of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of carbon black.
The refinery supplies markets in the south and southwest regions of Nigeria while operational.
The Kaduna refinery, on the hand was commissioned on 1980 to supply petroleum products to Northern Nigeria with a capacity of 50,000 B/D.
In 1983, the capacity was expanded to 100,000 B/D by adding a second 50,000 B/D crude train dedicated to the production of lubricating oils (lubes).
In 1986, the capacity of the first crude train was expanded to 60,000 B/D. The expansions have increased the current nameplate capacity of the refinery to 110,000 B/D.
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