Dangote Refinery Starts Production
Dangote Refinery, the largest single-train refinery in the world, started operations on Friday, January 12, 2024. The refinery has the capacity to meet 100% of Nigeria’s requirement of all refined products, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and aviation jet, and a surplus for export.
This is a significant step for Nigeria as the operation is expected to help achieve self-sufficiency in petroleum products and save foreign exchange expenses on importation of finished products from abroad.
It is designed for 100 per cent Nigerian crude with the flexibility to process other crudes. With 650,000 barrels per day, Dangote Petroleum Refinery can process most African crude grades, as well as Middle Eastern Arab Light and even US Light tight oil, as well as crude from other countries.
The refinery was built to take crude through its two SPMs located 25 kilometers from the shore and to discharge petroleum products through three separate SPMs. Additionally, the refinery can load 2,900 trucks a day at its truck-loading gantries.
Dangote Refinery boasts a self-sufficient marine facility with the ability to handle the largest vessel globally available. In addition, all products from the refinery will conform to Euro V specifications.
The refinery is designed to comply with US EPA, European emission norms, and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) emission/effluent norms as well as African Refiners and Distribution Association (ARDA) standards.
The production phase will prioritize diesel and aviation fuel, followed by the subsequent production of petrol.
The refinery was officially inaugurated by the former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
As the Dangote refinery begins production, the Port Harcourt refinery is also expected to start production as soon as possible.