28 Facts Regarding The Operation Of The Dangote Refinery

Dangote Refinery 

Days before the 650,000 bpd Dangote Refinery, the largest single-train refinery in the world, is put into operation, the business released a fact sheet outlining the key information it wants the general public to be aware of;

1. It is an outstanding project.

2. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is situated in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, and occupies a space seven times the size of Victoria Island, or roughly 2,655 hectares.

3. The largest single-train refinery in the world, with a 900 KTPA polypropylene plant, processes 650,000 barrels of oil per day.

4. The Refinery's 435 MW electricity Plant would be able to supply all of Ibadan DisCo's 860,316 MWh of total electricity needs, which span five States including Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Kwara, and Ekiti.

5. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery can produce all the refined products that Nigeria needs (53 million liters per day of gasoline, 34 million liters per day of diesel, 10 million liters per day of kerosene, and 2 million liters per day of aviation jet fuel) and have extra for export.

6. Made with the ability to process other crudes but optimized for 100% Nigerian crude.

7. A marine facility that is self-sufficient and capable of optimizing freight. largest single order of five SPMs ever placed anywhere.

8. Gasoline and diesel The refinery's output will adhere to Euro V standards.

9. The refinery's design complies with emission and effluent standards set by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the World Bank, the US EPA, and the European Union.

10. Cutting-edge technology.

11. Designed to process a wide range of crudes, including several Middle Eastern and African crudes as well as US light tight oil.

12. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery can produce enough gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and aviation jet to cover all of Nigeria's needs, and it will also have extra of each of these products to export.

13. There will be a roll on/roll off quay among the port's six quays.

14. A total of 250,000 piles were drilled during the civil works, with 700 piles being drilled on some days.

15. It includes 177 tanks with a combined capacity of 4.742 billion liters.

16. One of the few businesses in the world, Dangote is an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for both a petroleum refinery and a petrochemical complex.

17. 900 young engineers were given refinery operations training abroad.

18.  The GE University in Italy provided mechanical engineering training.

19. Process engineers received six months of training from Honeywell/Universal Oil Products (UOP).

20. Designed to process a wide range of crudes, including a large number of African crudes, some middle eastern crudes, and US light tight oil.

21. The largest dredgers in the world were used to dredge 65 million cubic meters of sand for over €300 million.

22. Purchased more than 1,200 pieces of equipment in various configurations to increase local site work capability.

23. 332 cranes were purchased to increase the ability to install equipment.

24. Designed to process just petroleum from Nigeria, with the ability to handle additional crudes.

25. A marine facility that can optimize freight and is self-sufficient.

26. World's largest single order for five single-point moorings (SPMs).

27. The refinery's diesel and gasoline will meet Euro V requirements.

28. The refinery's design complies with emission and effluent standards set by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the World Bank, the US EPA, and the European Union.