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Buhari, five African Presidents to commission Dangote Petroleum Refinery (today)

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President Muhammad Buhari in a recent photograph

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"4QpyQWhA" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"gU4dLPhB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In an epoch-making event that will positively transform Nigeria’s oil and gas sectoral landscape&comma; President Muhammadu Buhari will today commission Dangote Petroleum Refinery &amp&semi; Petrochemicals&comma; the world’s largest single train refinery in Ibeju-L<span lang&equals;"EN-GB">ekki<&sol;span>&comma; Lagos&semi; alongside his counterparts from Ghana&comma; Togo&comma; Senegal&comma; Niger&comma; and Chad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Promoted by Africa’s richest man&comma; Aliko Dangote&comma; the petroleum refinery with a capacity to process 650&comma;000 barrels per day &lpar;bpd&rpar; is sitting on 2&comma;635 hectares of land located in Dangote Industries Free Zone in Ibeju-Lekki&comma; Lagos&comma; and will provide employment to over 100&comma;000 persons&period; The coming onstream of the gigantic project is expected to mark Nigeria’s exit from the league of oil-rich nations that are heavy importers of petroleum products&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"3ZIg9GWu" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Expected at the historic event apart from international dignitaries are the Presidents of Togo&comma; Gnassingbé Eyadéma&semi; Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo&semi; President of Senegal&comma; Macky Sall&semi; President of Niger Republic&comma; Mohamed Bazoum&comma; President of Chad&comma; Mahamat Déby and a host of ambassadors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Paul Kagame of Rwanda&comma; who will not be physically present&comma; will present his goodwill message virtually&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As at the time of filing this report&comma; all the 36 state governors and most of the governors-elect&comma; ministers&comma; senators&comma; and captains of industries in Nigeria and others from outside the country&comma; global oil traders&comma; top international bankers&comma; international multilateral agencies have indicated their readiness to grace the ceremony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;26&sol;dangote-global-partnerships-and-investments-saved-12m-lives-from-malaria-deaths&sol;">Dangote&colon; Global Partnerships and Investments saved 12m lives from Malaria deaths<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Nigeria’s President-Elect&comma; Bola Ahmed Tinubu whose administration as the governor of Lagos in 2002 floated the Free Trade Zone in Ibeju-Lekki where the Refinery is located&comma; is expected to be at the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commissioning of Dangote Petroleum Refinery is significant given that it is the first time that a refinery of such magnitude built by an individual is being commissioned&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dangote’s petroleum refinery is expected to meet the needs of Nigerian consumers and those in neighbouring countries&comma; while allowing for exports beyond the African continent&period;<span lang&equals;"EN-GB"> The refinery will drive the promotion of the African Continental Free Trade Area &lpar;AfCFTA&rpar; as over 50 countries in the trade bloc depend on imported refined petroleum products&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the Facts Sheet on Dangote Petroleum Refinery&comma; the new Refinery can meet 100&percnt; of the Nigerian requirement of all refined products &lpar;Gasoline&comma; 53 million litres per day&semi; Diesel&comma; 34 million litres per day&semi; Kerosene&comma; 10 million litres per day&comma; and Aviation Jet&comma; 2 million litres per day&rpar; and also have surplus of each of these products for export&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The refinery is designed for 100&percnt; Nigerian Crude with flexibility to process other crudes&period; It has self-sufficient marine facility with ability for freight optimisation&comma; and the largest single order of 5 SPMs anywhere in the world&period; Diesel and Gasoline Products from the refinery will conform to Euro V specifications&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The refinery design complies with World Bank&comma; US EPA&comma; European emission norms and Department of Petroleum Resources &lpar;DPR&rpar; emission&sol;effluent norms&period; State-of-the-art technology&period; Designed to process large variety of crudes including many of the African Crudes&comma; some of the Middle Eastern Crudes and the US Light Tight Oil&comma;” the Facts sheet added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It also stated&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;65 Million Cubic Metres of sand dredged costing approximately Euros 300 million&comma; using the world’s largest&comma; the second largest and the tenth largest dredgers to elevate the height by 1&period;5 metres&comma; to insure against any potential impact of increase in mean sea level due to global warming&period; Bought over 1&comma;209 units of various equipment to enhance the local capacity for site works&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;332 cranes to build up equipment installation capacity&period; Built the world’s largest granite quarry to supply coarse aggregate&comma; stone column material&comma; stone base&comma; stone dust &amp&semi; material for break water&period; &lpar;10 million tonnes per year production capacity&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Developed a port and constructed two quays with a load bearing capacity of 25 tonnes&sol; sq metres to bring Over Dimensional Cargoes close to the site directly&period; The company also constructed two more quays in the port with a capacity to handle up to Panamax vessels to export fertiliser and petrochemicals and two quays to handle liquid cargoes&period; The port will thus have 6 quays&comma; including a Roll-on&sol;Roll-off quay”&comma; the sheet added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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