Duport Modular Refinery ready end of March – NCDMB boss

Lagos -- The Duport Modular Refinery, financed with equity participation of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, will be ready for commissioning by the end of this month, the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has said.

He stated this after he undertook an assessment visit and participated in the first quarter board meeting of the directors at Duport Energy Park in Egbokor, Edo State.

Wabote disclosed that the Duport Energy Park was the first integrated energy park in Nigeria, with a 2,500 barrels refinery, CNG Gas processing plant, 10 megawatts power plant, and a world-class data centre.

He described the progress made on the project as impressive considering the challenges posed by COVID-19, travel restrictions and other issues.

Also speaking, the Managing Director of Midstream Company Limited, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, appreciated the NCDMB for its continuous partnership. He said: “NCDMB has been a big part of Duport’s success story. It takes more than finance but also advice, technical and commercial to build a novel and unique project.”

He further stated that Duport

Energy Park will refine crude oil into naphtha, AGO, otherwise known as diesel, Heavy Fuel Oil and DPK, known popularly as kerosene, as well as process gas to CNG, LPG and LNG, adding that the facility is the second in Nigeria to acquire a tier-4 data centre license.

Also speaking, Dr. Olatutu Sholeye, a member of the board of directors of the company, expressed delight at the work done, adding that the project had created employment opportunities and built capacities among the teeming youth in the community. She stated that energy is key to the growth of every sector of the economy in Nigeria.