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650,000 bpd: Dangote Refinery Begins Operation After Receiving Six Million Barrels Of Crude
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery located in the Lekki area of Lagos has resumed operation.
A source told journalists that the refinery officially started operations on Friday, January 12, after receiving a substantial supply of six million barrels of crude this week, in addition to earlier batches.
Recall that the Former President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the 650,000 barrel-per-day refinery on May 22, 2023.
The refinery sits on 2,635 hectares (6,500 acres) of land at the Lekki Free Zone in Lagos and costs about $19 billion.
Regarded as the largest single-train refinery in the world, the facility will begin operation with the production of diesel and aviation fuel before moving on to petrol.
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