Dangote inks $400m equipment deal to fast-track refinery expansion

*Dangote Group has signs a $400 million construction equipment agreement with XCMG Construction Machinery Company Limited, one of China’s leading manufacturers of construction machinery to accelerate the expansion of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

Dangote Group has signed a $400 million construction equipment agreement with XCMG Construction Machinery Company Limited, one of China’s leading manufacturers of construction machinery.

The Group stated the transaction was a move to accelerate the expansion of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, Lagos, Nigeria, from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.4 million barrels per day.

The fresh deal is aimed at positioning the oil-refining facility to become the largest refinery in the world, the Dangote Group noted in a statement.

It also stated the agreement would enable the Group to acquire additional wide range of advanced construction equipment to support ongoing and forthcoming projects across refining, petrochemicals, agriculture and large-scale infrastructure development.

The new equipment will complement existing assets deployed for the refinery expansion, which is expected to be completed within three years.

Beyond refining, the expansion programme will see polypropylene production increase from 900,000 metric tonnes per annum to 2.4 million metric tonnes per annum.

Urea capacity in Nigeria will be tripled from 3 million to 9 million metric tonnes per annum, in addition to the 3 million metric tonnes per annum capacity in Ethiopia, strengthening the Group’s position as the largest urea producer globally.

Production capacity for Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) will also be increased to 400,000 metric tonnes per annum, positioning the Group as the largest producer in Africa and strengthening supply to the detergent and cleaning agents manufacturing industry. Additional base oil production capacity also forms part of the broader expansion programme.

Dangote Group further described the agreement as a strategic investment aimed at deepening its construction footprint and accelerating its ambition to build a $100 billion enterprise by 2030.

The statement noted: “The additional equipment we are acquiring under this partnership will significantly enhance execution across our projects.

“With this investment, we are positioning ourselves to become the number one construction company in the world.”

It is currently accelerating expansion and regional market development as it advances toward its long-term vision of building a $100 billion enterprise by 2030.