First Shipment Of Crude Arrives Dangote Refinery with 950,000 barrel

First Shipment Of Crude Arrives Dangote Refinery with 950,000 barrel

Dangote Refinery Set To Commence Operations As First Crude Shipment Arrives
Written by ‘Sola Babarinsa and Agency Report 2 hours ago Reading Time: 2 mins read

After a series of delays, the Dangote Refinery, a mammoth $19 billion project in Nigeria, is finally poised to commence fuel production as the first crude shipment arrives at the facility, marking a significant milestone for the country’s oil industry.

Quoting industry sources and tanker tracking data, S&P Global, in a report on its website, spglobal.com, said that the OTIS tanker, carrying a 950,000 barrel cargo of Nigeria’s Agbami crude, set sail on December 6 and is currently en route to Lekki, the nearest land port to Dangote’s offshore crude receiving terminal.

The tanker was expected to arrive on December 7 around 8pm, this shipment marks the initiation of crude supplies for the refinery’s operations.

Agbami, operated by Chevron, stands as one of Nigeria’s major deepwater developments, boasting a daily output of approximately 100,000 b/d in the central Niger Delta. Renowned for its light sweet crude qualities with specific gravity measuring 47.9 API and sulphur content of 0.04%, Agbami yields significant proportions of naphtha and kerosene.

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