The December timeline for completion of the Port Harcourt Refinery Company (PHRC) remains sacrosanct, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). “We have said from time that by the end of December, the mechanical completion of the refinery will be completed. Yes, we are still maintaining that. Nothing has changed,” NNPC Chief Communications Officer Olufemi Soneye told Journalists  yesterday. Soneye had on November 6, 2023, assured that the NNPCL was optimistic about the completion of the rehabilitation this month. He said that owing to the assurance the contractors gave the oil giant, nothing had so far altered the completion date. He added: “What they (contractors) said is that all things working well, the refineries will be working in December and January. Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil) Heineken Lokpobiri while inspecting the rehabilitation, said that the NNPCL should be accountable if the December end timeline was not met. The rehabilitation of the 110,000 barrels per day Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemicals Company Limited (KRPC) is expected to be completed between October and December 2024. The work was awarded last February to a South Korean firm, Daewoo E&C at $740.6 million.