Kamfanin NNPC Ltd ya Najeriya ta sanar cewa tashar mai ta Port Harcourt ta fara aiki bayan dogon lokacin da aka yi gyarawa. Olufemi Soneye, babban jami’in hulda da jama’a na kamfanin, ya bayyana haka a wata sanarwa a shafinsa na X a ranar Talata, 26 ga Nuwamba.
Tashar mai ta Port Harcourt, wacce ta ƙunshi sashen tsohuwa da sabon sashi, tana da karfin sarrafa mai 210,000 barrels kowace rana. Sashen tsohuwa yana da karfin sarrafa 60,000 barrels kowace rana, yayin da sabon sashi ke da karfin sarrafa 150,000 barrels kowace rana.
An fara gyarawa tashar mai ta Port Harcourt a watan Maris 2019, bayan gwamnati ta sanya kamfanin Italia, Maire Tecnimont, don duba tashar mai. A shekarar 2021, NNPC Ltd ta ce an fara gyarawa bayan Majalisar Zartarwa ta Tarayya (FEC) ta amince da dala biliyan 1.5 don aikin gyarawa.
A ranar 21 ga Disamba 2023, gwamnatin Najeriya ta sanar da kammalallen injiniya da fara amfani da tashar mai. A yanzu, tashar mai ta fara aiki a kashi 60% na karfin ta, inda ta ke sarrafa 60,000 barrels kowace rana. An fara tura mai daga tashar a ranar Talata, 26 ga Nuwamba.
An bayyana cewa hakan ya nuna ci gaba mai mahimmanci ga Najeriya a fagen kai tsaye da ci gaban tattalin arziki. NNPC Ltd ta ce tana aiki mai karfi don kawo tashar mai ta Warri kan layi nan ba da jimawa ba, yayin da ta Kaduna za ta fara aiki a ƙarshen shekarar 2024.
