65.4m Litres Of PMS, AGO, DPK To Be Produced By Dangote

Dangote Petroleum Refinery is expected to produce 65.4 million litres of petrol (PMS), diesel (AGO), aviation Jet fuel, and kerosene (DPK) daily which is 650,000 barrels per day, when it becomes operational.

This high volume of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery would  transform Nigeria from a petrol import-dependent country to an exporter of refined petroleum products. The company’s plan is to satisfy Nigeria’s demand for petrol, aviation fuel, kerosene and diesel, leaving a surplus for export.

According to the group executive director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Devakumar Edwin, the refinery was being designed to accommodate multiple grades of domestic and foreign crude and processes these into high-quality gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and aviation fuels that meet Euro V emissions’ specifications, plus polypropylene.

He said the refinery would also include a crude distillation unit, single-train residual fluid catalytic cracking unit, diesel hydrotreating unit, continuous catalyst regeneration unit, alkylation unit, and a polypropylene unit.

He added the project would provide thousands of direct and indirect jobs and add value to Nigeria’s economic development, saying that this would lead to significant skills transfer and technology acquisition opportunities in the country.

Edwin disclosed that the company was also constructing the largest fertiliser plant in West Africa with capacity to produce three million tonnes of urea per year. The Dangote Fertiliser complex consists ammonia and urea plants with associated facilities and infrastructure