The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Ifeanyi Ubah, has vowed that the two refineries in Port Harcourt and Warri would be fully operational before the year 2025.

Ubah stated that plans have already been put in place to achieve the target, stressing that the Kaduna Refinery would also be operational before the end of the same year.

He said that the completion of the plants and the addition of supply from the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), via Dangote Refinery would enable the nation to meet its domestic fuel demand.

The senator also called on the federal government and other stakeholders to work toward the establishment of modular refineries to further expand the nation’s domestic capacity to refine crude oil.