Dangote Petroleum Refinery (http://www.Dangote.com) has commenced manufacturing of diesel and aviation gas.
President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, elatedly thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his assist, encouragement, and considerate recommendation in direction of the actualisation of this mission.
Dangote additionally thanked the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPC Restricted), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and Nigerians for his or her assist and perception within the historic mission.
“We thank President Bola Tinubu for his assist and for making our dream come true. This manufacturing, as witnessed as we speak, wouldn’t have been attainable with out his visionary management and immediate consideration to particulars. His intervention at varied phases cleared all impediments thereby accelerating the actualisation of the mission. We additionally thank the NNPC, NUPRC and NMDPRA for their assist. These organisations have been our reliable companions on this historic journey. We additionally thank Nigerians for his or her perception and assist on this mission. We’ve began the manufacturing of diesel and aviation gas, and the merchandise might be available in the market inside this month as soon as we obtain regulatory approvals.”
“This can be a huge day for Nigeria. We’re delighted to have reached this vital milestone. This is a vital achievement for our nation because it demonstrates our skill to develop and ship massive capital initiatives. This can be a recreation changer for our nation, and I’m very fulfilled with the actualisation of this mission.”
The refinery has to this point obtained six million barrels of crude oil at its two SPMs situated 25 kilometres from the shore. The primary crude supply was finished on December 12, 2023, and the sixth cargo was delivered on January 8, 2024.
The Refinery can load 2,900 vans a day at its truck-loading gantries. The merchandise from the Refinery will conform to Euro V specs. The refinery design complies with the World Financial institution, US EPA, European emission norms, and Division of Petroleum Sources (DPR) emission/effluent norms. Using state-of-the-art expertise.
“I have to lengthen our honest appreciation to our Bankers and financiers, each native and offshore, who demonstrated an excessive amount of endurance, in seeing us via many troublesome instances. In the identical vein, we thank the Authorities of Lagos State, underneath the management of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who has been extremely proactive in guaranteeing that the numerous challenges we encountered in the middle of executing this mission had been shortly resolved. I thank him immensely.”
“I additionally sincerely thank our host communities and their Conventional leaders for his or her sustained endurance, forbearance, and admirable willingness to work with us to seek out amicable and win-win resolutions to the numerous points we’ve got needed to take care of as the development of this big facility progressed. Our employees have additionally contributed so immensely to the success of this mission. I thank them profusely.”
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Dangote Group.
