UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, yesterday,
announced that its process technology, catalysts and
proprietary equipment will form the basis for the
largest refinery in Africa, reducing Nigeria’s
dependence
on imported fuels and petrochemicals. Dangote Oil
Refining Company selected UOP technology for a
world-
scale integrated refinery and petrochemical plant to
be built in Lekki, near the capital of Lagos in
southwestern Nigeria.
“UOP has been designing state-of-the-art refineries
and
petrochemical plants for more than a century, so we
are well-
equipped to help Nigeria develop a massive new
installation to
meet its domestic needs,” said Pete Piotrowski,
senior Vice
President and General Manager of UOP’s Process,
Technology and
Equipment business.
“This project will enable Dangote to improve
Nigeria’s oil refining
capabilities, reduce the country’s dependence on
imports, and work
to revive and transform the Nigerian economy,” he
said.
In addition to processing crude oil to produce high-
quality gasoline,
diesel and jet fuel that meet Euro V specifications for
reduced
emissions, the new facility will produce world-scale
quantities of
polypropylene, a key petrochemical used in plastics
and packaging.
UOP technologies at this facility will include: the UOP
Resid Fluid
Catalytic Cracking process to produce transportation
fuels from
crude oil. It will also supply propylene, which will be
used as a
feedstock for polypropylene.
Others are The CCR Platforming process to produce
high-octane gasoline blending components; the
Unicracking process to produce diesel; the Penex
process to produce high-octane gasoline and the
crude
distillation unit (CDU) design, which will be provided
by UOP’s alliance partner, Process Consulting services.