The Dangote Refinery has started production. The largest single-train refinery in the world located in Nigeria’s commercial hub began operations in the early hours of yesterday. This followed the delivery of six million barrels of crude supply to the refinery, reports Channels TV. Although it was supposed to begin operations in June 2023, the ...
•Port Harcourt Refinery The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited has revealed that test runs at the 60,000-bpd Port Harcourt refinery will be completed this month. “Testing will conclude shortly, ensuring the refinery’s efficient operation. That phase will be completed this month,” Reuters quoted NNPC spokesperson, Femi Soneye, as s...
Preparations are in top gear for the commencement of production in Dangote Refinery, as the petrochemical company has received the fourth crude shipment of one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL. And the refinery is expecting the fifth crude shipment anytime now. According...
The leadership of the Labour Party has labelled the reported ‘mechanical completion’ and the ‘flare start-off’ of the country’s biggest crude refinery in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, as a sham. This was even as the ruling All Progressives Congress cautioned the Labour Party against misleading the public, stressing that it is not every ...
•Port Harcourt Refinery John Erinne, an energy consultant and former president of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, has expressed doubt over the Port Harcourt Refinery’s immediate return to regular operation after Christmas. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, had yesterday announced the c...
Dangote Refinery has made a further move towards the commencement of production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of additional one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The fresh one million barrels of crude from the Shell terminal via the MT Otis owned by Tra...
The end of December timeline for mechanical completion of the Port Harcourt Refinery Company (PHRC) remains sacrosanct, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). “We have said from time that by the end of December, the mechanical completion of the refinery will be completed. Yes, we are still maintaining that. Nothing has c...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant says it has received its first one million barrels of Agbami Crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited, STASCO. In a statement today, December 8, Dangote Refinery said the STASCO cargo contained one million barrels from Agbami and sailed to Dangote Refinery’s S...
•Dangote refinery The Dangote Oil Refinery is finally set to commence fuel production as the first crude shipment arrives at the facility today, December 7, 2023. This was confirmed in a report by S&P Global, which stated that the OTIS tanker, carrying a 950,000 barrels of Nigeria’s Agbami crude, set sail yesterday December 6, reports [&he...

