The proposed refinery will be built between a border town in Niger Republic and Kastina State in Nigeria, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources has disclosed.
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, recently led a delegation to the President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, with the Energy Minister of the country, Foumakoye Gado, also in attendance.
While giving the outcome of the visit to the media on Wednesday, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources said the technical agreement will soon be signed between the two countries.
The agreement, the ministry said, will include “building of crude oil pipeline from Niger to the new refinery.”
The information had earlier been posted on Twitter, where it was said that the visit “to Niger Republic will lead to a definite agreement for the design and construction of a new refinery to be located at a border town between Nigeria and Niger.”
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