Early winners as Lamu refinery project kicks off
Dangote Industries has launched a massive 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery project in Lamu, Kenya. The project has awarded over Sh100 billion in contracts to engineering firms like Engineers India Limited and Honeywell Technologies to replicate the success of a similar facility in Nigeria.
Why it matters
This project represents a significant industrial investment in East Africa, potentially boosting regional energy security and creating thousands of jobs.
Engineering and technology firms are early winners in the Sh2.1 trillion Dangote Industries oil 700,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery project in Lamu, bagging contracts worth more than Sh100 billion as construction of the facility got underway with an estimated 60,000 jobs expected to be created.
India’s state-owned Engineers India Limited (EIL) has secured a contract worth more than $450 million (Sh58.3 billion), while Honeywell Technologies has been picked for work expected to be worth about $300 million (Sh38.9 billion)—a pairing that matches the technical partners used for Dangote’s Nigerian refinery project in Lekki to replicate its design and success.
EIL will act as Project Management Consultant and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management consultant, coordinating engineering, procurement and construction while overseeing costs, schedules, quality and safety.
Honeywell will provide process technologies, licensing, engineering services, proprietary catalysts, equipment and digital solutions, drawing on its longstanding relationship with Dangote’s refinery operations in Nigeria.
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