President Muhammadu Buhari arrived for the commissioning of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery today, Monday 22 May, 2023.
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| Commissioning of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery located at Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday 22 May, 2023. Photo: @DangoteGroup |
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is located at the Lekki Free Zone, near Lagos, Nigeria.
According to Vanguard:
The President was received by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, accompanied by the President/CEO, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote.
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery sits on a land area of approximately 2,635 hectares which is about six times the size of Victoria Island in Lagos State.
According to dangote.com:
Dangote Oil Refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day (BPD) integrated refinery project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria. It is expected to be Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility.
The Pipeline Infrastructure at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is the largest anywhere in the world, with 1,100 kilometers to handle 3 Billion Standard Cubic Foot of gas per day. The Refinery alone has a 435MW Power Plant that is able to meet the total power requirement of Ibadan DisCo.
The Refinery will meet 100% of the Nigerian requirement of all refined products and also have a surplus of each of these products for export. Dangote Petroleum Refinery is a multi-billion dollar project that will create a market for $21 Billion per annum of Nigerian Crude. It is designed to process Nigerian crude with the ability to also process other crudes.
