Dangote refinery is poised to start check runs this week, having acquired its sixth 1 million barrel of crude cargo on Monday, in keeping with an organization official who spoke to Reuters.
In an announcement, a spokesperson for Dangote talked about that the ability acquired one other 1 million barrels of oil from the Agbami subject within the Niger Delta. This brings the full quantity of crude delivered to the plant to six million barrels because the first cargo arrived in December.
In accordance with a senior firm govt, the following step includes beginning the crude distillation unit, a vital element of the refinery. It’s extremely possible that this course of will start in the course of the upcoming week.
- He stated, “Subsequently, we might be constantly shopping for crude and begin commissioning the opposite departments,”
- “Saleable merchandise will begin coming from the primary week itself. However, in fact, the quantity might be restricted and the number of saleable merchandise may even be restricted and it’ll begin build up, as every main division will get commissioned”
What you need to know
- The 650,000-barrel Dangote refinery is poised to finish the importation of petroleum merchandise in Nigeria and meet the vitality wants of different nations throughout the West African sub-region.
- Boggled by a sequence of delays and missed deadlines even after commissioning in May, the Dangote refinery acquired its first crude shipment in December and since then has acquired round 5 million barrels of oil as a part of preparation in direction of a check run.
- It was reported earlier that the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Fee (NUPRC) has mandated oil-producing corporations to ship 350,000 barrels of oil to the Dangote refiner every day within the first half of 2024. That is in step with the provisions of the Petroleum Business Act (PIA) signed in 2021.
