Dangote breaks ground on 700,000-b/d Kenya refinery

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE (DPRP) has broken ground on a planned 700,000-b/d integrated refinery and associated petrochemical complex in Lamu, Kenya, with commissioning targeted within 40 months.

At the Sept. 30 groundbreaking ceremony , Aliko Dangote, DPRP's chairman and chief executive officer of Dangote Industries Ltd., said the project represents a $16-billion investment and - alongside conventional crude oil refining units - polypropylene and base-oil production, power generation, storage, pipelines, and marine infrastructure.

Once completed, the Lamu refining complex will feature the world's largest single-train refinery, a distinction currently held by DPRP's existing i650,000-b/d integrated refining and petrochemicals complex in the Lekki Free Trade Zone near Lagos, Nigeria , ahead of its scheduled expansion by 750,000 b/d to 1.4 million b/d by 2030 .