The Port Harcourt Refining Company, (

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PHRC), is a

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

-based

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and gas company primarily specializing in the refining of

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into

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s. It is headquartered in Port Harcourt metropolitan area of

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa ...

, southeastern

. The company is a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Located in Alesa Eleme just to the southeast of Port Harcourt, the company operates two oil refineries, including an old plant commissioned in 1965 that can process per stream day, as well as the new plant commissioned in 1989, which has a capacity of per stream day. Both oil refineries possess a combined capacity of per stream day making PHRC the "biggest oil refining company in Nigeria".

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PHRC web page
{{Petroleum industry Companies based in Port Harcourt Economy of Port Harcourt Oil and gas companies of Nigeria Manufacturing companies of Nigeria Landmarks in Port Harcourt Energy in Rivers State 1960s establishments in Rivers State Nigerian companies established in 1965

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