Nigeria's Dangote Readies to Open Africa's Largest Refinery

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Following years of delays and regulatory hurdles, Dangote Industries Limited (Lagos, Nigeria) is preparing for a ceremonial opening this month at its Lekki Refinery in Lekki, Nigeria, which will be the biggest refinery in Africa. The company expects the facility's crude distillation unit (CDU) will begin commercial operations by the end of June. Industrial Info is tracking more than US$14 billion worth of active projects at the Lekki Refinery, which accounts for just less than half of the total investment in all active refining projects across Nigeria. The Lekki Refinery will increase Nigeria's refining capacity to 3.24 million barrels per day (BBL/d). Once commissioned, its single, 650,000-BBL/d CDU will be the biggest in the world, by capacity.