It has been a long 7 years! The Dangote oil refinery has
finally been completed and will be commissioned by the President of Nigeria on the 24th of this month (January) 2023.
1) The Dangote oil and petrochemical refinery is a 650,000
BPD oil refinery.
It is the largest single train oil refinery on planet earth,
the largest in Africa, the 7th largest oil refinery in the world.
It is capable of meeting the energy demands for both Nigeria
🇳🇬 and the entire
continent of Africa.
2) Dangote announced he would want to build a refinery in
2013, at that time, it would cost $9 billion. It was not untill 2016
construction started.
3) The Refinery was originally meant to be built in the oil
producing state of Ondo state but due to lack of political will on the Ondo
State Government, Dangote moved the project to Lagos state which also has oil.
4) The Refinery along with the Petrochemical plant is
expected to generate $20 billion yearly for Nigeria.
5) The Refinery will reposition Nigeria 🇳🇬 as an energy hub globally
6) The Refinery has the longest subsea gas pipeline in the
world with a length of 1100km
7) The Refinery will generate electricity of up to
12,000MegaWatts.
8) The Refinery is a $25 billion investment, the largest
single investment carried out on the African continent by an individual and the
most expensive industrial complex in Africa and perhaps the world.
9) The refinery will produce 50,000,000 litres (13,000,000
US gal) of Euro-V quality gasoline and 17,000,000 litres (4,500,000 US gal) of
diesel daily, as well as aviation fuel and plastic products.
10) It will provide 135,000 permanent jobs and overall
300,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Bonus facts: The Dangote Oil Refinery will have a Nelson
complexity index of 10.5 which means that it will be more complex than most
refineries in the United States (average 9.5) or Europe (average 6.5). (The
largest refinery of the world, the Jamnagar Refinery in India, has a complexity
of 21.1.)
The Refinery has the most piles for its pile foundation on
the planet.
 or Europe (average 6.5). (The largest refinery of the world, the Jamnagar Refinery in India, has a complexity of 21.1.))
