Billionaire Dangote's Refinery Set for Testing as Shipment Arrives
- New plant finishes stockbuild with import of Agbami crude
- Initial operation set to begin, startup timeline still unclear
Construction cranes and machinery stand at the under-construction Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refinery in 2018.
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Africa’s biggest refinery is set to commence operations after stocking up the six million barrels of crude operator Dangote Group said it needed before beginning test production runs.
The refinery received about one million barrels of domestic Agbami crude on Suezmax Almi Sun on Monday, the firm said in a statement. It is the sixth crude shipment to the plant since it started putting feedstock into tanks last month with a maiden cargo.