Nigeria: Oil Workers Worry Over Drop in Local Refineries' Output

9 December 2014

Lagos — The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has expressed concern over the output from the refineries which has dropped to an average of 16 percent of their combined capacity of 445,000 barrels per day.

President of the union, Comrade Igwe Achese, who described the situation as unfortunate and uncomfortable for the downstream oil and gas sector of the economy, regretted that the four refineries operated at 10 percent installed capacity in June, this year.

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