• What is Dangote oil refinery?
  • Dangote Oil Refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day (BPD) integrated refinery project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria. It is expected to be Africa¡¯s biggest oil refinery and the world¡¯s biggest single-train facility.
  • What is Africa’s biggest oil refinery?
  • It is expected to be Africa¡¯s biggest oil refinery and the world¡¯s biggest single-train facility. The Pipeline Infrastructure at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is the largest anywhere in the world, with 1,100 kilometers to handle 3 Billion Standard Cubic Foot of gas per day.
  • What is Nigeria’s reclaimed swampland refinery?
  • The 650,000 barrel-per-day facility, built from scratch on reclaimed swampland, aims to end Nigeria¡¯s reliance on fuel imports. Owned by Africa¡¯s richest man Aliko Dangote, the $20bn refinery received its first crude shipment in December 2023. Last week it got a sixth cargo, allowing initial production of diesel and aviation fuel to commence.
  • Who provides compressor trains for Dangote oil refinery?
  • MAN Diesel & Turbo provides compressor trains for the Dangote refinery. Image courtesy of MAN. Dangote Group, one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Nigeria, is venturing into oil business with the construction of the Dangote oil refinery.
  • Why is Nigeria’s oil refinery a game-changer?
  • As a result the country often faces chronic fuel shortages. This is the problem that the $19bn (¡ê15.2bn) refinery, owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is intended to tackle. “This is a game-changer for the Nigerian people,” said President Muhammadu Buhari.
  • How many barrels of crude will Nigeria refinery produce a day?
  • Though designed to process Nigerian crude, the refinery can also process most other African crude grades as well as Middle Eastern Arab Light and even US Light Tight crudes. Of the 650,000 barrels crude refined per day when fully operational, 450,000 bpd will be dedicated to meeting Nigeria¡¯s domestic requirement. 2. Scaling up production