25 interesting details about Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals

1. The subsidiary of Dangote Industries Ltd is the world’s largest single train petroleum refinery. 2. The 650,000 barrels per day crude oil refinery, with 838 KTPA Polypropylene Plant, located in the Dangote Industries Free Zone in Ibeju-Lekki (Lagos) sits on about 2,635 hectares. 3. It has a total storage capacity of 4.7 billion litres […]

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25 interesting details about Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals

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1. The subsidiary of Dangote Industries Ltd is the world’s largest single train petroleum refinery.

2. The 650,000 barrels per day crude oil refinery, with 838 KTPA Polypropylene Plant, located in the Dangote Industries Free Zone in Ibeju-Lekki (Lagos) sits on about 2,635 hectares.

3. It has a total storage capacity of 4.7 billion litres which can cover:

-20 days crude requirement

-product storage for 15 days of Nigeria’s gasoline consumption.

4. The refinery transforms crude oil into usable products such as diesel, gasoline (petrol), aviation fuel and kerosene.

5. The refinery produces Euro-V quality gasoline and diesel as well as jet fuel and polypropylene.

6. The refinery is designed to process large variety of crude, including many of the African crudes, some of the Middle Eastern crudes and the US Light Tight Oil.

7. The refinery can meet 100 percent of the Nigerian requirement of all liquid products (gasoline, diesel, kerosene and aviation fuel), with surplus of each product for export.

8. The refinery is designed to use the latest technology to comply with stringent guidelines and regulations to protect the local environment, and at the same time produce the latest environmentally friendly petroleum products for worldwide markets.

9. The refinery’s design conforms to World Bank, US EPA, EU and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) emission/effluent norms.

10. It has its own dedicated steam and power generation system with adequate standby units for reliable/uninterrupted utility supply to operating plants.

11. It has a 435MW power plant that can meet the total power requirement of Ibadan Distribution Company (covering five states: Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Kwara and Ekiti).

12. Dangote Group is one of the few companies in the world executing a petroleum refinery and petrochemical complex directly as an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor.

13. The petrochemical plant is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene. Petrochemical is the source of raw materials for many manufacturing and assembling plants.

14. It maximizes gasoline which is in high demand — 53 percent of the production capacity compared to 22 percent of the existing refineries in Nigeria.

15. It maximizes value addition (by extracting maximum value from every barrel of crude oil).

16. It minimises low value fuel oil.

17. The refinery is estimated to generate an annual market value of US $21 billion for the Nigerian crude oil, foreign exchange savings/earnings of US $9.9 billion.

18. 56 percent of the production would be exported, with a foreign exchange generation of about $17 billion.

19. It ensures over $25 billion addition to the GDP through massive value addition within the country.

20. Products from the plant will serve as raw materials for the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which is used extensively across a broad range of industrial, technical and everyday applications (including widespread use in building, transport, packaging, electrical/electronic and healthcare applications).

21. Dangote Industries developed a port and constructed quays with a load bearing capacity of 25 tonnes/square metres to bring Over Dimensional Cargoes close to the site directly to handle liquid cargoes.

22. The jetty is 12.3 kilometres from the refinery (thereby reducing travel time).

23. The refinery has capabilities for both land and sea evacuation to serve both domestic and export markets.

24. Dedicated marine facilities for offtake of crude and loading of petroleum products:

-self sufficient marine facility with ability for freight optimisation.

-largest single order of 5 Single Point Mooring system (SPMs) anywhere in the world.

-2 crude SPM for unloading ships up to ULCCs.

-3 product SPM for product exports up to Suez Max vessels.

-2 × 48″ sub-sea crude pipelines with interconnection.

-3 × 24″ subsea pipelines for products and imports.

-120 kilometre subsea pipeline.

-crude offloading capacity – 108,500 barrels per hour (17.25 million litres per hour).

-product loading capacity – 77,000 barrels per hour (12.32 million litres per hour).

25. Dangote Petroleum Refinery maintains high standards for all its business practices, valuing health, safety, environment and rights for its employees, compliance with all applicable local and international laws, and being a committed partner to host communities, governments and also environment friendly.

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