The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has finally commenced production.
The largest single-train refinery in the world began production in the early hours of Friday, as reported by TheCable.
The development comes days after the refinery received its sixth one million barrels of crude cargo required for the commencement of operations.
Five shipments of crude had been earlier delivered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to the refinery.
On December 8, 2023, Dangote revealed its plant received its maiden one million barrels of Agbami crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO).
The refinery, on December 20, 2023, received the second phase of its crude feedstock from the NNPC, with the third shipment of one million barrels of crude oil feedstock from STASCO received on December 29, 2023.
The NNPC supplied the refiner with its fourth and fifth crude shipment respectively on January 1 and 5, 2024.
The 650,000 bpd capacity refinery was inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2023.
