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Difficulty: HardLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully and answer the question that follows:

In July 1989, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) initiated the construction of the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company's linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant to reduce foreign industrial reliance. Designed with an initial annual processing capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes of kerosene feedstock, the facility relied heavily on high-sulfur crude imported via pipeline from Escravos. However, operational logs from 1991 indicate that catalyst poisoning forced engineers to reduce daily feed input by 40 percent. Consequently, the plant produced only 18,000 metric tonnes of LAB in its second year of operation, missing its national supply target by 12,000 tonnes. Furthermore, despite recommendations from internal safety auditors to install secondary hydro-treating units, management prioritized expanding the adjacent paraffin wax extraction unit.

According to the passage, what action was taken by engineers in 1991 following catalyst poisoning at the facility?

  1. The daily feed input of kerosene feedstock was decreased by forty percent.Answer
  2. B
    Secondary hydro-treating units were installed across the facility.
  3. C
    The adjacent paraffin wax extraction unit was completely decommissioned.
  4. D
    The crude pipeline from Escravos was permanently closed.

Answer

The daily feed input of kerosene feedstock was decreased by forty percent.
The text explicitly mentions that operational logs from 1991 show engineers reduced daily feed input by 40 percent as a direct result of catalyst poisoning.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the specific sentence in the passage referring to the operational disruption in 1991.
Identified the line: 'However, operational logs from 1991 indicate that catalyst poisoning forced engineers to reduce daily feed input by 40 percent.'
Literal comprehension requires retrieving facts directly stated in the text.
2
Match the explicit fact in the text to the option that rephrases or repeats it accurately.
The statement specifying that daily feed input was decreased by forty percent directly corresponds to the text.
The correct option must be explicitly corroborated by passage evidence without assumptions.

Key Concept

Literal Comprehension and Fact Retrieval
Estimated Time:1m 30s
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