NNPC Denies Explosion at Warri Refinery, Cites Planned Maintenance
By Ayomide Otitoju The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has dismissed reports of an explosion at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), clarifying that operations at the facility were deliberately curtailed for maintenance. In a statement issued on Friday, NNPC’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, described the claims of an explosion as…