Dangote Refinery to Commence Operation 2018

It has been confirmed that Dangote Refining and Petrochemical Plant will commence operation in 2018.Making this development known, Senior General Manager, Civil and Structural, Dangote Refinery, Madhar Kelkar, who explained that the plant has a refining capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), production of 750,000 metric tonnes of polypropylene per year and 2.8 million tonnes of fertiliser per annum, stated that construction work on the plant located in Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State with other companies is progressing rapidly.Kelkar, who further noted that the entire project is situated on 2600 hectares of land, posited that work on land reclamation, piling and dredging is the most critical aspect of the entire project.“This is the most critical aspect of the project, others including assembling and coupling together of equipment as well as installations to make up the plant, will just take a couple of months to complete,” he said.“I think we have made very good progress and we should be happy with what we have done so far.“I think every Nigerian would be very proud that Nigeria has the longest single train refinery in the world.“With this project, Nigeria will reach self-sufficiency in little or no time and the vision is not just to supply the domestic market but to export to neighbouring countries to be able to generate some foreign exchange for the economy.“Besides, we will be generating and saving a significant amount of forex, so it is a massive investment for Nigeria.”