Dangote refinery begins operation
Dangote refinery and petrochemical Company on Friday commenced operations on Friday.
The Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, confirmed this to our correspondent.
In a phone conversation, Chiejina told our correspondent that, “Yes, it is true. We have commenced operations at Dangote refinery.”
The PUNCH had exclusively reported that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery was set to start producing Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and JetA1 or aviation fuel in January 2024, while the production of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, was being delayed by the supply of crude oil in installments.
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Project, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, is a 650,000 barrels per day crude oil refinery, located in Dangote Industries Free Zone, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
Dangote Petroleum Refinery with the capacity to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day covers an area of approximately 2,635 hectares and is located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos.
So far, the facility has received six shipments of one million barrels each of crude oil, and is getting set to start producing refined petroleum products. The plant requires six million barrels of crude, according to officials at the refinery.
It is believed that the refinery would bring about reduction in the prices of diesel and PMS.
