Aliko Dangote, Chairman of the Dangote Group, said during the commissioning of his refinery by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari on May 22, 2023, that the 560,000-barrel capacity refinery will begin production in July or early August.
Dangote Refinery misses date for production but NNPCL’s refineries gulp billions in maintenance
There has yet to be a word from the refinery management about when the refinery will begin production.
Meanwhile, the failure of the Nigerian National National Petroleum Company, which later became a limited liability company under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), to maintain a successful Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Nigeria’s four refineries reportedly brought Nigeria to the fuel import crisis.
The refineries include two in Port Harcourtwith a combined refining capacity of 210,000 barrels per day, the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company in Kaduna with 110,00bpd capacity, and the Warri Refinery with a 125,000bpd capacity.
The four refineries give Nigeria a combined 445,000bpd.
For over 10 years, the four refineries have drained resources from Nigeria, operating below capacity until 2021, when total production was stopped.
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