Vitol among bidders for new Nigerian refineries

Vitol and Seplat Petroleum are among nine companies bidding to construct new oil refineries in Nigeria as Africa’s top crude producer seeks to boost output of refined fuel and end its dependence on imports, an official said.

The successful companies will build near existing state-owned plants and add at least 250,000 barrels per day of refining capacity to the current 445,000 barrels, Garba Deen Muhammad, a spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., known as NNPC, said in an interview.

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