Dangote targets 2.1mbpd refining capacity in Nigeria, Kenya

FILE: President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote

Dangote Industries Limited has unveiled plans to increase its combined refining capacity to 2.1 million barrels per day across Nigeria and Kenya as part of its long-term strategy to expand its footprint across Africa.

The Group Vice President, Oil and Gas, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, disclosed this during a visit by a delegation from the Republic of the Congo’s national oil company, Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo, to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos.

This was disclosed in a statement Wednesday by the Dangote Group.

Edwin said the expansion would raise the group’s total refining capacity to 2.1 million barrels per day, comprising 1.4 million barrels per day in Nigeria and a planned 700,000 barrels per day refining complex in Kenya to serve East African markets.