Puma Energy reopens Napa Napa refinery after inspection

PUMA Energy reopened its Napa Napa refinery outside Port Moresby yesterday after completing its 30-day turnaround and inspection (T&I) project.
Country manager Jim Collings said it was part of their scheduled five-year maintenance programme.
Puma Energy chairman (Middle East and Asia Pacific) Chin Hwee Tan, National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop, Petroleum Minister Kerenga Kua and Puma Energy executives and management attended the reopening.
Collings said during the turnaround and inspection, the key refinery units were replaced and refreshed improving the efficiency and throughput of the refinery to be now producing at nameplate capacity and ensuring safe operations delivering at world standards.
Post T&I start-up has shown the refinery delivering production at record levels with all facilities operating as expected.
Puma Energy’s investment is part of an ongoing commitment to continually invest in the local infrastructure and raising the standards of the industry in the country, as well as providing full security of fuel supply within PNG and the region.
In the past month, more than 270 people had worked 120,000 hours without a lost time injury incident during the T&I.
“During that time, Puma Energy also ensured PNG’s fuel supplies were maintained even though the refinery was shut down for a month.
“This was a result of detailed planning and effective use of the large investment Puma Energy has made is storage to ensure that country’s requirements are well catered