Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited (WRPC) is currently developing a 50,000bpd refinery situated near the Ibigwe Field flowstation through a phased expansion strategy.

The first phase which is the 5,000bpd was commissioned on the 24th of November and is expected to deliver about 271 million litres of refined petroleum products into the domestic and regional market consisting of Heavy Fuel Oil, Dual Purpose Kerosene and Automotive Gas Oil.

The groundbreaking of WS’s 45,000bpd refinery was also carried out on the 24th of November and comprises a stand-alone 25,000bpd condensate refinery as well as the addition of a 20,000bpd refinery to bring the combined capacity of the complex to 50,000bpd.

Some of the guests at our event included the President of the FRN, H.E. Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (who virtually commissioned the refinery), the HMOSPR-Chief Timipre Sylva, the Governor Of Imo-State, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Eze of Ochia, Ekwueme Ekwueme, MD Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd-Mr. Osagie Okunbor, Executive secretary NCDMB-Simbi Wabote SEPLAT MD-Roger Brown and a host of other dignitaries.

About Waltersmith

Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited was incorporated in 1996 as a Joint Venture between Waltersmith & Associates Limited, a Nigerian company and Petroman Oil Limited of Calgary, Canada to operate as a Petroleum Exploration and Production company. In 2001, Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited became a wholly-Nigerian owned company with the divestment of Petroman Oil Limited.