The Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria, Africa’s largest crude processing facility, could reach full operational capacity next month, says the head of the refinery, which began fuel production in 2024.

The refinery started up in January last year with the launch of diesel and naphtha production and began producing gasoline in September.

The Dangote facility, built by Africa’s richest person, Aliko Dangote, has toa tal processing capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), which makes it Africa’s biggest and one of the world’s largest crude processing sites. Currently, Dangote is operating at about 85% of capacity, and “we can go 100 percent in 30 days,” the head of the refinery.

The refinery is expected to meet 100% of Nigeria’s demand for all refined petroleum products and will also have a surplus of each of the products for export.

Source: OILPRICE