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Africa's Largest Oil Refinery Opens Next Year By Tom Jackson Africa's largest oil refinery, which is anticipated to be the biggest single-train structure, is set to be opened early next year. The Dangote Oil Refinery is the brainchild of Africa’s wealthiest man, the Nigerian Aliko Dangote. It is under construction in Lagos, the commercial capital. Devakumar Edwin, the Dangote Industries executive director, confirmed progress had been The refinery will handle 3 billion cubic foot of gas done. “It is still within the time frame of completion,” daily. Edwin said. www.cajnews.co.za/2020/08/10/africas-largestThe facility will have the capacity to process oil-refinery-opens-next-yea 650,000 barrels of crude oil daily. It will consist of Image credit: ajirayako.co.tz, 1,100km pipeline infrastructure, the largest in the businessandmaritimewestafrica.com world.
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