Latest News On Dangote Refinery – Status And Progress
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In the first of the series on the latest news on Dangote Refinery we learnt that the refinery was going to start producing first quarter of 2019. Now the Dangote refinery progress update is that so far 150 employees have been trained at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd in India in preparation for when the refinery starts production. And by the end of April 2018 another 600 engineers will be sent for training. Below is the full story as published by Premium Times Nigeria.
Video of Vice President of Nigeria, Prof, Yemi Osinbajo inspection of Dangote Refinery back in 2016
Previous update: Dangote Refinery Project Update
The Management of Dangote Oil Refinery Company (DORC) says about 150 indigenous engineers have been trained in refinery operations in preparation for the take-off of its Lagos Refinery and Petrochemical Plant.
Mohan Kumar, the company’s Director of Human Capital Management and Project Support, made this known at a news conference in Lagos on Monday while presenting 22 engineers who returned from Mumbai, India.
Mr. Kumar said the young engineers were trained at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. in India on how to manage the operations of the refinery.
He added that the engineers had gathered fundamental practical knowledge about refinery.
According to him, the engineers are recruited and trained to witness the building of the refinery from scratch.
He said the engineers spent two months in classroom training and three months on the job training.
Kumar explained that the 22 engineers were trained by experts who had over 45 years experience in refinery operations, stressing that the training became imperative due to the commitment of Dangote Group to promote local content by developing indigenous capacity.
He added that “the engineers are expected to also transfer the skills acquired to other Nigerians when the refinery takes off.
“The 22 engineers arrived from Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Mumbai in India, where the last set of 150 employees trained in various areas of petroleum and petrochemical refining.’’
Mr. Kumar noted that another set of 600 engineers would be sent for training before the end of April.
According to him, the refinery will produce 780 Kilo Tonnes Per Annum (KTPA) of Polypropylene, 500 KTPA of Polyethylene, while the fertiliser project will produce 3.0 million tonnes of urea per annum.
He explained that “the refinery will also have the largest sub-sea pipeline infrastructure in the world with capacity to handle three billion cubic metres of oil annually.”
Dangote Refinery is expected to save Nigeria $12 billion annual import substitution and create 4,000 direct jobs, as well as reduce prices of petroleum products after completion.
The project is located in Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State on a vast land mass of 2,200 hectares, an area eight times bigger than the entire Victoria Island in Lagos.
(NAN)
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