Dangote Refinery Expected to Start Operations by Mid-2023
- NNPC signs 20-year contract to supply crude to refinery
- Nigeria plans to end refined imports once company starts
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The giant refinery being built in Nigeria by Africa’s richest person, Aliko Dangote, will finally start operations by mid-2023, according to the state oil company, which has a 20% stake in the project.
“Projection is first quarter, but we think that it can come up latest by the middle of next year,” Mele Kyari, chief executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Co., told reporters in Abuja, the capital.