The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has felicitated with the President and Management of Dangote group on the completion and commissioning of its Petroleum Refinery located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.
The refinery which is scheduled for commissioning on May 22, is situated on land spanning approximately 2,635 hectares. It is the World’s Largest Single Train 650,000 barrels per day Petroleum Refinery with a 9000 KTPA Polypropylene Plant ever built.
It is gratifying to note that the Refinery can meet 100% of Nigeria’s requirement for all refined products
The refinery is expected to produce daily, 57 million litres of Gasoline, 27 million litres of Diesel,11 million litres of Kerosene, and 9 million litres of Aviation Jet in addition to a surplus of each of these products for export.
In a statement by the Director-Genersl of the association, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, MAN stated that the coming onboard of the Dangote Refinery promises to end the nightmare of long queues at petrol filling station and the disruption of social and economic activities that come with it.
The Refinery when fully operational is expected to generate $10 Billion from the export of refined petroleum products and save Nigeria an estimated $10 Billion in foreign exchange.
It has a Self-sufficient Marine facility with the ability for freight optimization. With the Largest Single order of 5 SPMs anywhere in the world, Diesel & Gasoline Products from the refinery will conform to Euro V Specifications. The refinery design complies with the World Bank, US EPA, European emission standards, and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) emission/effluent standards.
To cushion the potential impact of the increase in mean sea level due to global warming, the company took appropriate measures using the world’s largest, 2nd and 10th largest dredgers to elevate the sea height by 1.5 metres.
Dangote Group is one of the few companies in the world executing a Petroleum Refinery and a Petrochemical complex directly as an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Contractor. Globally, apart from three companies, no individual owner has made the complete EPC Contract for a Petroleum Refinery
On employment, the Refinery offers the highest number of employees by any private company, including 100,000 indirect employment at retail outlets; 26,716 filling stations and 129 depots in Nigeria. Quite interestingly, the 16,000 trucks for transport will create additional jobs and, in the process, the company has trained over 400 artisans selected from host communities in the areas of Masonry, Carpentry, AC Electricians, Plumbing, Welders, Iron-benders, and Auto Mechanics.
“For all the determination and trail-blazing zeal to bring this dream into reality, we Congratulate the President/CEO of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCON on the occasion of the official commissioning of this pride-of-Africa birthed-in-Nigeria project”, the DG started.
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