ATTENTION!! Beware Of Fake News About Dangote Refinery Commissioning Date—As against the purported news trending in the media space about Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the company has just debunked the said Aliko Dangote’s $19 billion refinery will not commissioned January 24th, 2023.
The facility, which is situated in Lagos’ Lekki Free Zone, is owned by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and is estimated to have cost 19 billion, with a daily processing capacity of 540,000 barrels of Nigerian crude oil.
The refinery is anticipated to supply all of Nigeria’s needs for refined products, with a surplus left over for export, opening up a market for $11 billion in petroleum products from Nigeria per year.
What is more, the facility will produce 3 billion standard cubic feet of gas, 65 million litres of premium motor spirits (petrol), 15 million litres of diesel, and 4 million metric tonnes of jet fuel each day.
The Dangote Refinery will be responsible for more than half of Africa’s future refining increases, according to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
