据今日油价网站10月7日消息 尼日利亚国家石油公司（NNPC）集团总经理梅尔凯里表示，尼日利亚是非洲最大的原油生产国和出口国，预计2023年前结束原油换燃料交易，届时，随着国家炼油厂的改造和新建炼油厂的建设，尼日利亚炼油能力将增加。

据尼日利亚《今日报》报道，尼日利亚炼油厂需要整修，将在2023年前进行全面整修，并在本周举行的虚拟炼油商大会上援引凯里的话报道称，尼日利亚亿万富翁阿利科·丹格特的私人炼油厂预计届时也将投入运营。

凯里表示：“我不认为在不久的将来，随着我们的进步，并过渡到更多的本地生产，这一过程不会得到延长。我们的计划是在2023年前全部交付。”凯里指的是原油换产品掉期交易。

自2016年以来，尼日利亚与主要石油贸易商和国际石油公司开展所谓的原油直接销售和直接购买石油产品（DSDP）计划，旨在确保非洲最大的原油生产商无法在国内加工的燃料。

在本周的同一次会议上，凯里表示：“尼日利亚下游行业前景看好，市场前景诱人，市场广阔，各炼油厂项目的原油蒸馏能力大幅增加，分销网络的和天然气的使用也得到进一步改善。”

王磊 摘译自 今日油价

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Nigeria Looks To Ramp Up Its Oil Refining Capacity

Nigeria, Africa’s largest crude oil producer and exporter, expects to end its crude-for-fuel swap deals by 2023 when its refining capacity is set to increase with state refineries revamped and a new refinery built, Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said.

Nigerian refineries, which are in need of refurbishment, will be fully revamped and running by 2023, Nigeria’s ThisDay outlet reported, quoting Kyari as speaking at a virtual refiners’ conference this week. The private refinery of Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is also expected to be operational by then, Kyari said.

“I don’t see an extension of that process in the near future as we progress and transit into more production locally. Our plan is to deliver all of them by 2023,” NNPC’s top executive said, referring to the crude-for-product swap deals.

Since 2016, Nigeria has been running the so-called Direct Sale of Crude Oil and Direct Purchase of Petroleum Products (DSDP) program with major oil traders and international oil companies, aimed at ensuring fuel which Africa’s biggest crude oil producer cannot process domestically.

At the same conference this week, NNPC’s Kyari said that “The outlook for Nigeria's downstream sector looks bright with attractive market conditions, large market, significant crude distillation capacity additions from various refinery projects, improvements of the distribution network & the use of natural gas.”