NNPC Launches High Performance Lubricants

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has rolled our high performance engine oil and lubricants that may be unrivaled in the market.

The lubricants were unveiled late last year by the NNPC Retail Ltd but were formally launched on Friday.

The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, said the products were unique. He spoke at the formal launch of the products at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

According to Kyari the NNPC Nitro and Rhino range of engine oils are the best of its type in the market.

Addressing marketers, distributors, managers of NNPC Retail’s affiliate stations
and other stakeholders at the event, Kyari urged Nigerians to embrace the products as they were specially designed to meet the needs of Nigerian motorists.

Also speaking at the event, Chairman of the NNPC Retail Ltd’s Board and NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Yusuf Usman, said the idea of NNPC lubricants was conceived long ago but took time for the products to be designed and perfected in order for them to meet the company’s integrity and quality standards.

He assured that the introduction of the Nitro and Rhino range of engine oils into
the market would mark a turning point for Nigerian motorists.

On his part, the NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Downstream, Adeyemi Adetunji, said the products were designed to stem the tide of prevalence of sub-standard engine oils in the Nigerian market which had been a cause for concern among motorists.

He said there was huge potential for the products as Nigeria was the third largest lubricant market in Africa, stressing that even with the introduction of electric cars, lubricants would still be required.

Speaking earlier at a pre-launch press conference, Managing Director of NNPC
Retail Ltd, Billy Okoye, urged Nigerians to see the Nitro and Rhino range of engine oils as their own since they were the shareholders of the company and its
parent company, NNPC.

Meanwhile the Corporation said the engine oils would be available at the over 600 NNPC Retail petrol stations, as well as accredited distributors and mechanic workshops across the country.