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The Dangote Oil Refining Firm says its plant has obtained its maiden a million barrels of Agbami crude grade, from the Shell Worldwide Buying and selling and Delivery Firm Restricted (STASCO).
In an announcement on Friday, the corporate stated the STASCO vessel sailed to the refinery’s single level mooring (SPM), the place it was discharged into the refinery’s crude oil tanks.
The event adopted information that the crude feedstock was on its technique to the refinery on Thursday.
Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Group, had stated the plant would begin manufacturing with 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude.
Within the assertion, the agency stated the inaugural a million barrels, representing the primary section of the six million barrels to be provided to the refinery by a spread of suppliers, ought to maintain the preliminary 350,000 bpd to be processed by the ability.
The refinery stated it would obtain the subsequent 4 cargoes — to be provided by the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm (NNPC) Restricted — in two or three weeks.
“The subsequent 4 cargoes shall be provided by the NNPC in two to a few weeks and the ultimate of the six cargoes shall be provided by ExxonMobil,” the assertion reads.
“This provide will facilitate the preliminary run of the refinery in addition to kick-start the manufacturing of diesel, aviation gas, and LPG earlier than subsequently progressing to the manufacturing of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
“This newest growth will play a pivotal function in assuaging the gas provide challenges confronted by Nigeria in addition to the West African nations.”
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Based on the refining firm, the 650,000 bpd refinery is designed for one hundred pc Nigerian crude, with the flexibility to course of different crudes.
The refinery can course of most African crude grades, the corporate stated, in addition to the Center Jap Arab Gentle, US Gentle tight oil, and crude from different nations.
“Dangote Petroleum Refinery can meet 100% of the Nigeria’s requirement of all refined merchandise, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and aviation jet, and now have surplus of every of those merchandise for export,” the assertion reads.
“The refinery was constructed to take crude by its two SPMs positioned 25 kilometres from the shore and to discharge petroleum merchandise by three separate SPMs. As well as, the refinery has the capability to load 2,900 vans a day at its truck loading gantries.
“Dangote Refinery has a self-sufficient marine facility with the power to deal with the biggest vessel globally obtainable. As well as, all merchandise from the refinery will conform to Euro V specs.
“The refinery is designed to adjust to US EPA, European emission norms, and Division of Petroleum Assets (DPR) emission/effluent norms in addition to African Refiners and Distribution Affiliation (ARDA) requirements.”
For the corporate, the main focus over the approaching months is to ramp up the refinery to its full capability, Dangote stated, talking on the brand new milestone.
“I sit up for the subsequent important milestone once we ship the primary batch of merchandise to the Nigerian market,” he added.
On his half, Osagie Okunbor, nation chairman of Shell Firms in Nigeria, stated his agency is “completely satisfied to be enabling” the operationalisation of the refinery.
