Engineers India Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dangote Group to serve as Project Management Consultant and EPCM consultant for the second train of Dangote Refinery, marking a major expansion that will transform Africa’s biggest refining complex into the world’s largest petroleum refinery. The agreement builds on EIL’s role in delivering the first 650,000 barrels per day train of the integrated refinery and petrochemical complex at the Lekki Free Zone, commissioned in 2024. The facility is already recognized as one of the world’s largest single-train refineries and a transformative project for Africa’s energy landscape.
Dangote plans to ramp up the refinery’s capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2028. The expansion will also include a new PDH unit, boosting polypropylene output from 830,000 tonnes per annum to 2.4 million tonnes. The upgrade is expected to significantly strengthen regional supplies of fuels and petrochemicals while reducing Africa’s dependence on imports and supporting regional energy security. Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, said the renewed collaboration reflects the group’s confidence in EIL, noting that the company executed the first train with exemplary professionalism and engineering depth. He stated that the signing of the MoU for the second train is clear testimony to EIL’s sustained brilliance and their trust in its capabilities.
EIL Chairperson and Managing Director Vartika Shukla said the partnership underscores global trust in India’s engineering capabilities, describing the MoU as a strong affirmation of the trust reposed in EIL’s capabilities to deliver projects of exceptional scale and complexity. She noted that the proposed expansion is a project of global significance and will stand among the largest refinery complexes at a single location anywhere in the world. EIL, under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has a long record of executing major energy and industrial projects across the oil and gas, refining, petrochemical, fertilizer, and renewable sectors. Dangote Group is one of Africa’s largest industrial conglomerates, operating across 17 countries.
Source: money.rediff.com / newsdrum.in