By Aduragbemi Omiyale
The fifth cargo of one million barrels of crude oil has been delivered to Dangote Petroleum Refinery by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited.
The consignment, according to information made available to Business Post on Friday, was delivered to the 650,000-per-day refinery in Lagos on Thursday, with the sixth vessel expected next week.
The company disclosed that the fifth cargo of Bonny Light from the NNPC, which arrived at the Single Point Mooring (SPM)-C2 Dangote Offshore Oil Terminal and has already been discharged to the refinery’s crude oil tanks, is a significant step for the refinery as it is preparing to begin operations.
Once the six million barrels are fully delivered, it will facilitate the initial run of the refinery as well as kick-start the production of diesel, aviation fuel, and LPG before subsequently progressing to the production of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
This will play a pivotal role in alleviating the fuel supply challenges faced by Nigeria as well as the West African countries.
Designed for 100 per cent Nigerian crude with the flexibility to process other crudes, the oil facility can process most African crude grades as well as Middle Eastern Arab Light and even US Light tight oil as well as crude from other countries.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery can meet 100 per cent of Nigeria’s requirement of all refined products, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and aviation jet, and also has a surplus of each of these products for export.
The refinery was built to take crude through its two SPMs located 25 kilometres from the shore and to discharge petroleum products through three separate SPMs. In addition, the refinery can load 2,900 trucks a day at its truck-loading gantries.
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