No be small matter o! Engineers India Limited, dem don land serious contract wey worth over $350 million from our own Dangote Group to expand di refinery.
This expansion go increase di capacity from 650,000 barrels per day to a whooping 1.4 million barrels per day. E be like say we go dey shine small small for di global petroleum market!
For di few years wey dis refinery don dey sabi, e don really change di energy game for Africa. Dis new contract wey EIL don bag, make dem dey feel say dem fit deliver am well well, just like di first phase wey dem run.
EIL go serve as Project Management Consultant (PMC) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) consultant. E mean say dem go dey on top di project matter for everything wey concern di expansion.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote himself don talk say dis upgrade go turn di refinery into di largest for di whole world. Na im be say, oil wey we dey export go increase, we go reduce di way we dey import fuel, and e go boost energy security for di region.
Di expansion dey call Train 2, and e go not only increase di refining capacity, but e go also make plenty Euro VI-grade fuels wey gree meet di international standard. Polypropylene production go fire from 830 kilo tonnes per annum to 2.4 million metric tonnes per annum. Na serious boost to our local pepe!
Dem go achieve all dis by upgrading di machinery wey dey work already, plus installing new facilities wey go fit handle di workload and add one big Oleflex unit. Dis one too go make dem dey smarter for propylene production.
When dis expansion finally complete, e be like say Dangote go dey on top di world map of petroleum refineries. Na serious level wey dem dey eye here to help reduce di reliance on imported refined products. Dem dey say dis kind move go really help our economy and create plenty jobs for pipo.
As all dis dey happen, e get as Aliko Dangote dey dance with Middle Eastern investors wey fit join to support di expansion wit better funds. E also get plan to make 10% of di refinery available for shares on di Nigerian Exchange wey go help mobilize more investments.
So, make we dey watch how dis whole refinery matter dey unfold! With dis development, na good story we dey see for Nigeria energy sector as we dey move gradually towards becoming a major player globally.
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