{"id":10213,"date":"2016-07-19T22:45:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T22:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10213"},"modified":"2016-07-19T22:45:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T22:45:44","slug":"ivory-coast-to-stop-petrol-export-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10213","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast to stop petrol export to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=9443&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast plans to stop refined petrol export to Nigeria in ten years\u2019 time from now to meet growing domestic demand, an official of the country\u2019s oil refinery has hinted.<br \/>\nThe Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR), located in the country\u2019s commercial capital, Abidjan, provides Ivory Coast with nearly all of its refined petroleum products and supplies a number of neighbouring countries, including Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beacon_e49cad8109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cat.fr.eu.criteo.com\/delivery\/lg.php?cppv=1&amp;cpp=m6uOYXxUWmdlNDEydCtQZmQ4bE1MK2t6YlVXQTJlcGNSRHU1L1U0MGtINFVoL1dJQXhJQUZhZFcvQXI0aU4wR1lhZ1p4a1VXYk1IbTNjRnlxRUpwbmN0ZWV5RkpMMlREa0VHeFg4MmdOdmZKSHZnM2haaURZZmhqa0Q2VWNZN3R6cVFHOHVPYnlzWG5hbEpGMlNWTVBvdGxTMnZWdjVkczhaU054WjZiVlUzOGJFMlFWL1FneVZ1Rmt6bWxGU3gyZkU0S3ppdmlHYi9mR2NESHFsT3ZiUlVwa1NTVlg3b0JVZDJMclYvUTJSbFNaL1JjPXw%3D\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/>Nigeria is SIR\u2019s primary supplier of crude oil and main purchaser of refined petrol, taking 36 per cent of its refined fuel export, SIR said on its website.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Around 35 percent of SIR\u2019s output was consumed domestically in 2011, with the remainder exported.<br \/>\nBut Reuters reported the Managing Director of SIR, Thomas Camara, saying on the sidelines of an energy conference in Yamoussoukro at the weekend that domestic consumption increased to 50 percent last year.<br \/>\nHe said that with Ivory Coast\u2019s post-war economy booming and growth rates nearing double digits, demand was expected to rise further.<br \/>\n\u201cIn ten years, the refinery\u2019s total production will be absorbed by the national market and nothing will be left to export,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe refinery, which has the capacity to process over\u00a0 80,000 barrels of crude daily, hit a 30-year production record of 3.45m tonnes of refined products in 2015 and output was on track to rise further in 2016, Camara added.<br \/>\nNigeria imports majority of its refined petrol from Europe as decades of poor maintenance, corruption and mismanagement have left the country\u2019s refineries barely operational.<br \/>\nBut the country\u2019s situation would change by 2019 after the completion of Aliko Dangote\u2019s 650,000 barrel per day oil refinery with capacity to produce 55.2m litres of petrol daily.<br \/>\ndailytrust.com.ng<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ibe-Kachikwu.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9947\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9947\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ibe-Kachikwu-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"ibe Kachikwu\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ibe-Kachikwu-300x166.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ibe-Kachikwu.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivory Coast plans to stop refined petrol export to Nigeria in ten years\u2019 time from now to meet growing domestic demand, an official of the country\u2019s oil refinery has hinted. 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