The Dangote Industries Limited has said its crude oil refinery is expected to produce 65.4 million litres of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and kerosene daily when it comes on stream.
The company said in a statement on Sunday that the refinery in Lagos, with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, would transform Nigeria from a petrol import-dependent country to an exporter of refined petroleum products.
According to the statement, the company’s plan is to satisfy Nigeria’s demand for petrol, aviation fuel, kerosene and diesel, leaving a surplus for export.
The statement quoted the Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, DIL, Devakumar Edwin, as saying that the refinery was being designed to accommodate multiple grades of domestic and foreign crude, and process them into high-quality petrol, diesel, kerosene, and aviation fuels that would meet Euro V emissions’ specifications, plus polypropylene.
He added that the refinery would also include a crude distillation unit, single-train residual fluid catalytic cracking unit, diesel hydro-treating unit, continuous catalyst regeneration unit, alkylation unit, and a polypropylene unit
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