The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced that operations at the Warri Refinery have been temporarily shut down for routine maintenance, assuring the public that the facility will be back online soon.
In a statement issued on Friday by its Chief Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, the company dismissed reports of an explosion at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), calling such claims “completely false.”
Soneye explained that operations at WRPC Area 1 were intentionally put on hold on January 25, 2025, to allow for intervention works on specific equipment affecting the refinery’s steady and sustainable operations.
He said:
“These intervention works are essential to ensure the production of on-specification finished and intermediate products, particularly Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Kerosene (Kero).”
