Dangote Fertiliser commences pre-testing of $2bn plant ahead of inauguration.
With a capacity of 3 million tonnes per annum, the plant has been classified as the biggest project in the entire fertiliser industry history in the World.
Dangote Fertiliser Limited has begun the countdown inauguration of its $2 billion Granulated Urea Fertiliser complex located in the Dangote Free Trade Zone.
Currently, several critical sections of the plant are going through various stages of pre-commissioning and test-run.
Mechanical sections of the plant such as the Central Control Room, Ammonia and Urea Bulk Storage, Cooling Tower, Power Generator Plant, Granulation Plant have all been completed and are going through pre-testing.
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Already, Dangote Feritiser has started receiving gas supply from the Nigerian Gas Company and Chevron Nigeria Limited under the Gas Sale and Purchase was Agreement to supply 70 million standard cubic feet per day (SCF/d) of natural gas to Dangote Fertiliser Limited.
The project will create thousands of direct and indirect jobs in construction and related fields will provide a major boost to the agricultural sector by significantly reducing the importation of fertiliser in Nigeria and ultimately removing the need for imports once its in full production.
Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development & Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin said Nigeria will be able to save $0.5billion from import substitution and provide $0.4 billion from exports of products from the fertiliser plant.
Dangote Fertiliser Company, fully commissioned, will make Nigeria self-sufficient in fertiliser production and also have the capacity to export the products to other African countries.
The fertiliser complex sited on 500 hectares of land has the capacity to expand as it is only occupying a small fraction of the allotted portion.