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Dangote Oil Refinery Complex

Sector: Oil and Gas • Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Source: MoneyWeek

Project
Completed

Aliko Dangote built the continent's largest oil refinery outside Lagos, Nigeria. The refinery complex spans an area nearly half the size of Manhattan and can process 650,000 barrels a day. It aims to alleviate the energy crisis in Nigeria and transform the Dangote Group conglomerate. There are plans to expand the refinery's capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day, along with scaling up the group's

Status
Closed
Sector
Oil and Gas
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
MoneyWeek

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The project “Dangote Oil Refinery Complex” is an infrastructure initiative in the Oil and Gas sector, located in Lagos, Nigeria. Taiyo aggregates data on it from MoneyWeek.

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Aliko Dangote built the continent's largest oil refinery outside Lagos, Nigeria. The refinery complex spans an area nearly half the size of Manhattan and can process 650,000 barrels a day. It aims to alleviate the energy crisis in Nigeria and transform the Dangote Group conglomerate. There are plans to expand the refinery's capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day, along with scaling up the group's fertiliser and polypropylene plants.

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Nigeria

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Lagos

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2026-04-07

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