In Obunagha, on the outskirts of Yenagoa, steel and pipework are converging into what will become the Niger Delta’s first privately owned refinery able to produce petrol and aviation fuel. Dr Azibapu Eruani, the Bayelsa businessman behind the $1 billion Azikel Refinery, is watching an idea near its finish. When the project began, it was modest. In 2015, under President Muhammadu Buhari, it was approved as a 12,000 barrels-per-day modular plant. …
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