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July 29th, 2010, 03:22 AM
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Nigeria: 70,000 Jobs On Offer As NNPC Moves to Establish Refinery in Bayelsa
Adeola Yusuf22 July 2010
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Lagos — Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday declared that about 70, 000 Nigerians would be employed in the Greenfield Refinery, which it plans to construct in Bayelsa State.
The construction and operation of a Greenfield Refinery would, according to a statement by the Group General Manager, NNPC Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, would be in partnership with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).
Two months ago, the NNPC executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSCEC to jointly seek debt financing from Chinese banks for the funding and construction of three Greenfield Refineries and one petrochemical plant.
The refineries, which would be located in Kogi, Lagos and Bayelsa States, have a combined capacity of 750,000 barrels per day.
Speaking in Government House, Yenagoa, at the commencement of a two-day visit to Bayelsa State by the NNPC and the Chinese investors, Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technology of the Corporation, Billy Agha, who stood in for the Group Managing Director, stated that while about 5,000 workers would be required during the period of the planned construction, an estimated 2,000 workers are needed to run the industrial complex when it comes on stream.
The visit was to seek the allocation of land for the project and undertake a physical appreciation of the proposed sites.
"Other multiplier effects will include the generation of local businesses for auxiliary services, including suppliers of goods and services of all types to the hydrocarbon complex.
"In addition, the Bayelsa Refinery is expected to produce about 500,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) per annum," Agha said.
He explained that the availability of such a volume of LPG would help trigger the switch from firewood, charcoal and kerosene to LPG as domestic household fuel in Bayelsa State and its immediate environs.
When completed, the Bayelsa Greenfield Refinery will be the first to be integrated with an Industrial Hydrocarbon Park designed to convert natural gas and refined petroleum products into hydrocarbon derivatives.
To achieve this feat, Agha explained that the NNPC would be seeking partnership with existing concessionaires to explore the joint development of infrastructure for the supply of natural gas, power, water and an oil industry port/jetty.
"Such cooperation would provide an excellent opportunity to establish a world class Refinery and Hydrocarbon Park where some of the utilities can be outsourced leading to significant reductions in overall project capital costs.
"On its part, NNPC intends to utilise natural gas as feedstock, for the manufacture of petrochemicals, fertiliser and other much desired industrial products," Agha stated.
He called on the Bayelsa State government to join hands with the NNPC as co-investor in the Refinery.
Responding, Governor Timipre Sylva stated that Bayelsa is ready to participate in the project, which he described as a timely intervention in line with the objectives of the Federal Government's post amnesty agenda for the Niger Delta.
"I want to tell you that you have not made a mistake by choosing Bayelsa as one of the locations. We are indeed ready to take full advantage because of the employment opportunities for our teeming youths. The refinery will be beneficial not only to Bayelsans but to the entire nation," the governor enthused.
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He urged NNPC to consider Oloibiri, the birth place of commercial crude oil exploration and production in Nigeria, as a possible site for the Bayelsa Greenfield Refinery because of its historic relevance to the oil industry in Nigeria.
Nigeria's first commercial oil find was made at Otuabagi/Otuogadi community in the then Oloibiri district in present day Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by Shell in January 1956.
Six months later, Oloibiri-1 well the first commercial oil well in Nigeria was completed in June 1956.
Sylva also offered an alternative site in Brass as a possible location in case Oloibiri fails to meet the criteria prescribed for the selection by the technical team.
The governor implored the NNPC and the Chinese investors to ensure that the foundation of the new refinery is laid before the end of December 2010.
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Nigeria: 70,000 Jobs On Offer As NNPC Moves to Establish Refinery in Bayelsa
Adeola Yusuf22 July 2010
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Lagos — Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday declared that about 70, 000 Nigerians would be employed in the Greenfield Refinery, which it plans to construct in Bayelsa State.
The construction and operation of a Greenfield Refinery would, according to a statement by the Group General Manager, NNPC Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, would be in partnership with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).
Two months ago, the NNPC executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSCEC to jointly seek debt financing from Chinese banks for the funding and construction of three Greenfield Refineries and one petrochemical plant.
The refineries, which would be located in Kogi, Lagos and Bayelsa States, have a combined capacity of 750,000 barrels per day.
Speaking in Government House, Yenagoa, at the commencement of a two-day visit to Bayelsa State by the NNPC and the Chinese investors, Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technology of the Corporation, Billy Agha, who stood in for the Group Managing Director, stated that while about 5,000 workers would be required during the period of the planned construction, an estimated 2,000 workers are needed to run the industrial complex when it comes on stream.
The visit was to seek the allocation of land for the project and undertake a physical appreciation of the proposed sites.
"Other multiplier effects will include the generation of local businesses for auxiliary services, including suppliers of goods and services of all types to the hydrocarbon complex.
"In addition, the Bayelsa Refinery is expected to produce about 500,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) per annum," Agha said.
He explained that the availability of such a volume of LPG would help trigger the switch from firewood, charcoal and kerosene to LPG as domestic household fuel in Bayelsa State and its immediate environs.
When completed, the Bayelsa Greenfield Refinery will be the first to be integrated with an Industrial Hydrocarbon Park designed to convert natural gas and refined petroleum products into hydrocarbon derivatives.
To achieve this feat, Agha explained that the NNPC would be seeking partnership with existing concessionaires to explore the joint development of infrastructure for the supply of natural gas, power, water and an oil industry port/jetty.
"Such cooperation would provide an excellent opportunity to establish a world class Refinery and Hydrocarbon Park where some of the utilities can be outsourced leading to significant reductions in overall project capital costs.
"On its part, NNPC intends to utilise natural gas as feedstock, for the manufacture of petrochemicals, fertiliser and other much desired industrial products," Agha stated.
He called on the Bayelsa State government to join hands with the NNPC as co-investor in the Refinery.
Responding, Governor Timipre Sylva stated that Bayelsa is ready to participate in the project, which he described as a timely intervention in line with the objectives of the Federal Government's post amnesty agenda for the Niger Delta.
"I want to tell you that you have not made a mistake by choosing Bayelsa as one of the locations. We are indeed ready to take full advantage because of the employment opportunities for our teeming youths. The refinery will be beneficial not only to Bayelsans but to the entire nation," the governor enthused.
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West Africa
Nigeria
Construction
Labour
Petroleum
Energy
Business
He urged NNPC to consider Oloibiri, the birth place of commercial crude oil exploration and production in Nigeria, as a possible site for the Bayelsa Greenfield Refinery because of its historic relevance to the oil industry in Nigeria.
Nigeria's first commercial oil find was made at Otuabagi/Otuogadi community in the then Oloibiri district in present day Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by Shell in January 1956.
Six months later, Oloibiri-1 well the first commercial oil well in Nigeria was completed in June 1956.
Sylva also offered an alternative site in Brass as a possible location in case Oloibiri fails to meet the criteria prescribed for the selection by the technical team.
The governor implored the NNPC and the Chinese investors to ensure that the foundation of the new refinery is laid before the end of December 2010.
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