Dangote’s 650,000 b/d refinery has received its initial crude feedstock in the country, as reported by market sources and tanker tracking data, according to SP Global.
This development signals the commencement of fuel production at the long-awaited $19 billion facility after enduring years of delays.
The OTIS tanker loaded a 950,000-barrel cargo of Nigeria’s Agbami crude on Dec. 6 to Lekki, the nearest land port to Dangote’s offshore crude receiving terminal.
The Suezmax tanker, chartered by state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Company, is the first of Dangote’s initial crude supplies as the giant new plant starts to ramp up operations, a West African oil trader said.
Source: Business Insider Africa
