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Dangote's Kenya Oil Refinery

Sector: Oil and Gas • Location: Lamu, Kenya

Source: Climate Home News

Project
Planned

A planned 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Lamu County, Kenya, backed by Aliko Dangote. It is set to be East Africa's largest refining project, expected to take up to three years to build, supplying refined petroleum products to Kenya and neighboring countries to reduce dependence on imported fuels.

Status
Prospective
Sector
Oil and Gas, Residential
Location
Lamu, Kenya
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Climate Home News

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The project “Dangote's Kenya Oil Refinery” is an infrastructure initiative in the Oil and Gas sector, located in Lamu, Kenya. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Climate Home News.

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2026-07-22

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A planned 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Lamu County, Kenya, backed by Aliko Dangote. It is set to be East Africa's largest refining project, expected to take up to three years to build, supplying refined petroleum products to Kenya and neighboring countries to reduce dependence on imported fuels.

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Energy

Location

Country

Kenya

City

Lamu

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Sector

Oil and Gas, Residential

Article published date

2026-07-18

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