Nigeria and the Niger Republic, will, in 60 days time, sign binding bilateral and technical agreements that will enable both countries develop and build a new petroleum refinery in a Katsina State town, which borders both countries, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources has disclosed.
The ministry, in a short statement in Abuja, explained that the refinery project would also include a crude oil pipeline expected to come from Niger Republic, indicating that the plant would be fed crude oil from Niger.
To actualise this, the ministry stated that both countries would, within 60 days, sign bilateral and technical agreements, while a high level technical committee between them would be set up to develop a strategy that would be used to undertake the project.
