₦airaland Forum

Dangote, Africa’s largest oil refinery has achieved a significant operational breakthrough as its Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and Motor Spirit (MS) production block now operate at full nameplate capacity of 650,000 barrels per day—a first for any refinery worldwide.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery announced the milestone following the successful completion of scheduled maintenance and optimization work on both critical units. The facility has now launched a 72-hour performance testing phase in partnership with technology licensor UOP to validate operational efficiency and ensure all parameters meet international standards.

Chief Executive Officer David Bird highlighted the achievement as evidence of the refinery’s engineering excellence and operational strength. “Our teams have shown remarkable precision in bringing the CDU and MS Block to optimal efficiency,” Bird said. “This testing phase allows us to validate the entire plant under actual operating conditions, and we’re confident in our ability to deliver consistent, world-class output.”

The CDU and MS Block—which include the naphtha hydrotreater, isomerization unit, and reformer unit—are now running steadily at maximum capacity. Bird confirmed that remaining processing units will enter their performance test runs during Phase 2, set to begin next week.

The refinery’s enhanced capacity positions it to supply up to 75 million liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) daily to Nigeria’s domestic market, a substantial increase from the 45-50 million liters delivered during the recent holiday period.

Bird expressed gratitude to customers and the Nigerian public, reaffirming the refinery’s dedication to strengthening the nation’s energy security, eliminating petroleum product imports, and establishing Nigeria as a net exporter while driving industrial growth and economic transformation.

Judolisco:
Nigerians are d strongest people on earth... Petrol prices increased from 250 to almost 840 now and everybody is going about their normal business... Congrats to dangote

celestialAgent:
Buhari and Emefiele did this one, no doubt.

It is rather sad how Tinubu has failed to help Nigerians avail the benefit for convenience living.

nairalanda1:
When petrol prices were low...we were paying for them with more debt and even more debt.

And the loss of 4 refinereis.

I am not here to defend tinubu. I think that subsidy should have gone since 2012, and with hindsight since 1993. I have been supporting subsidy removal since 2011.

Judolisco:
Nigerians are d strongest people on earth... Petrol prices increased from 250 to almost 840 now and everybody is going about their normal business... Congrats to dangote

Judolisco:
Nigerians are d strongest people on earth... Petrol prices increased from 250 to almost 840 now and everybody is going about their normal business... Congrats to dangote

nairalanda1:
When petrol prices were low...we were paying for them with more debt and even more debt.

And the loss of 4 refinereis.

I am not here to defend tinubu. I think that subsidy should have gone since 2012, and with hindsight since 1993. I have been supporting subsidy removal since 2011.

nairalanda1:
When petrol prices were low...we were paying for them with more debt and even more debt.

And the loss of 4 refinereis.

I am not here to defend tinubu. I think that subsidy should have gone since 2012, and with hindsight since 1993. I have been supporting subsidy removal since 2011.

KingGBsky:
What is the benefit of subsidy removal to you and your family?

Judolisco:
Nigerians are d strongest people on earth... Petrol prices increased from 250 to almost 840 now and everybody is going about their normal business... Congrats to dangote

Mandate1:
una go just open mouth dey talk waaaa. Is Nigeria the only country with fuel and subsidising it? So subsidy killed our local refineries? Would you have said same if a northerner was the president?

nairalanda1:
Here is how subsidy killed our refineries.

Petrol has a cost price. When the cost price is below the production price, government pays a subsidy to prevent the sector from going down the drain due to losses.

The problem is, subsidy payments do not guarantee the sector makes enough of a profit to fix and upgrade refineries on a consistent basis over the years. Also, from the Nigerian persepctive, we tax too little of our gdp, and most of our earnings comes from oyel...whose prices are not where we want them to be all the time. (right now, if we want to pay subsides AND have working refineries, oil has to cost 150 dollars or more at the international market per barrel).

So, over the years, subsidy costs have risen, and government can't keep up. That means lower money for refineries to conduct upgrades. From 1994, Nigeria was skipping TAM maintenance until the refineries became a wreck, that any recent TAM was just painting a shipwreck and pretending it was a working vessel.

Add corruption, and so forth, here we are in 2026 with four damaged refineries.


Ghana does not subsidze fuel, and has sold fuel at a profit for decades, and as a result, it has working refineries. Same for Niger republic.

nairalanda1:
LOL, you are asking the wrong question. Because you are programmed to think that subsidy removal supporters automatically support government.

And I am not going to answer you because you are saying I am a tinubu supporter without saying 'He is a tinubu supporter'.

GO and read about why consumption subsides are damaging to a nation;s economy, especially when the country is not taxing enough of its gdp, and why GEJ was so determined to remove subsidy in 2011.

Good morning. If you call me tinubu supporter again...abeg vamoose.

ojesymsym:
I remember those emergency lovers of Nigeria who were calling Dangotte refinery a scam. Ony hyundai guy claimed that he had info that Dangotte was importing Diesel to sell as if it was from his refinery.

How can I also forget those ones that always had a brother's friend who works there that said the place will never work till 2035... Nothing wen we non hear that time.

Then when it looked as if Dangotte and the then NNPCltd GCMD were at loggerheads, they switched their allegiance to Dangotte, thinking that Dangotte and Tinubu were the ones fighting. As soon as they realized it was not Tinubu and Dangotte fighting, they took sides with PENGASIN, claiming that Dangotte wanted to become a monopoly.

But today, Dangotte refinery has now started producing to its installed capacity. This is how we got here today.

Queseda:
This pseudo-intellectual is here again. Funny how you praise GEJ for “being determined to remove subsidy” but never give credit to the Tinubu who actually manned up and removed it, hypocrite. GEJ can’t remove subsidy and still be setting prices, that amounts to merely reducing the amount paid on the subsidy

Estello:
https://applesbite.com/dangote-refinery-reaches-full-650000-bpd-capacity-sets-global-benchmark/

nairalanda1:
Here is how subsidy killed our refineries.

Petrol has a cost price. When the cost price is below the production price, government pays a subsidy to prevent the sector from going down the drain due to losses.

The problem is, subsidy payments do not guarantee the sector makes enough of a profit to fix and upgrade refineries on a consistent basis over the years. Also, from the Nigerian persepctive, we tax too little of our gdp, and most of our earnings comes from oyel...whose prices are not where we want them to be all the time. (right now, if we want to pay subsides AND have working refineries, oil has to cost 150 dollars or more at the international market per barrel).

So, over the years, subsidy costs have risen, and government can't keep up. That means lower money for refineries to conduct upgrades. From 1994, Nigeria was skipping TAM maintenance until the refineries became a wreck, that any recent TAM was just painting a shipwreck and pretending it was a working vessel.

Add corruption, and so forth, here we are in 2026 with four damaged refineries.


Ghana does not subsidze fuel, and has sold fuel at a profit for decades, and as a result, it has working refineries. Same for Niger republic.

nairalanda1:
1. The original deal to build dangote refinery was signed in 2013, and the GEJ admin helped secure the inital loans for the project.

2.Emefiele did also provide continuing loans to keep the project running though.

3. You guys are not having a good life because you want governments that share money to you...like Tinubu. You don;t want productive leaders...or leaders who will make the nation less dependent on oyel

benardtotti:
why do you hate tinubu so much , he is doing EXACTLY what you have been advocating for , yet you are not satisfied, SMH.

Mandate1:
who told you the cost price? Is that why petrol is more expensive in Nigeria than in USA and UK?