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By early 1975, in view of the fuel shortages experienced then, the Federal Government decided that work on the third refinery should be advanced. It was envisaged that the refinery was to be a simple hydroskimming type refinery in order to meet up with the fuel demand then. Based on the feasibility studies carried out, which took into consideration the consumption of the various petroleum products within the Northern Zone, and adequate means of disposal for the surplus products, a crude oil capacity of 42, 000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) could be easily justified. Hence, the refinery was designed for a capacity of 60, 000 BPSD. It was much later that the Federal Government decided the capacity for any refinery in Nigeria should not be below 100, 000 BPSD. However, this would have led to the production of large quantity of heavy ends and on one practical and viable solution is reprocessing the heavy fuel oils. In order to do this, the whole project plan had to be modified so that what, initially, was planned to be a simple hydroskimming type refinery developed into integrated refinery. The refinery would now be able to produce a wider variety of petroleum products, some of which should be lubricating base oils. Hence, it became necessary to import suitable paraffinic based crude oil from Venezuela, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.
The lubricating oil complex of Kaduna Refinery is the first of its kind in West Africa and one of the largest in Africa. The consulting firm, KING WILKINSON of Hague, Holland, in conjunction with NNPC engineers, developed the plan for the refinery. The contract for construction was awarded to CHIYODA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF YOKOHAMA, Japan in 1977. The project was completed and commissioned in 1980. However, the Lubes Plant and 30,000 MT per annum Linear Alky Benzene (LAB) Petrochemical plant were commissioned in 1983 and 1988 respectively. The initial operation and maintenance were carried out by Nigerian Staff and expatriate personnel as technical backup. By 1985, Nigerian staff had virtually taken over all the maintenance and operations. In summary, KRPC was established to efficiently and profitably process crude oil into refined petroleum products and manufacture Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB), tins and drums for domestic consumption and export. While the fuels section of the plant refines Nigerian Crude Oil into normal sweet products:- Kerosene, petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, cooking gas, products from the Lube section process imported paraffinic Crude Oil into Lube base oils, waxes and asphalts. KRPC currently processes Urals, imported from Russia. KRPC also manufactures tins and drums primarily for tinning of kerosene and packaging of asphalt. The facility has been modified to produce Lube Oil drums as well. OUR BUSINESSKaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) was established to efficiently and profitably process crude oil into high value petroleum and petrochemical products and also manufacture tins and drums. The objectives of KRPC are to optimize the capacities of the existing plants, reduce the plants’ operating costs, develop new products from existing facilities for use in downstream industries and extend refining services to the West African sub-region. Like other subsidiaries of NNPC, KRPC is owned 100% by NNPC. MISSION STATEMENTKRPC is in the business of refining crude oil into high value petroleum and petrochemical products and also manufacturing packaging products efficiently. VISIONTo be the pride of the Nation. FACILITIES• Three Process Plants PRODUCTS• LPG  -  540,000 Liters/Day Contact AddressKm 16, Kaduna Road, P.M.B.2252, Kaduna, |
The decision to construct the third Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Kaduna was taken in 1974 along with that of the second NNPC refinery located at Warri. However, it was decided that work would commence on the construction of the third refinery whenever the projection of the consumption of petroleum products justified it.
Products from the refinery are to include fuels such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), petrol, automotive gas oil or diesel oil, kerosene, fuel oil and sulphur and those from the lubricating oils complex are base oils, asphalt and waxes.