Amid feedstock challenges, the Dangote Group, owners of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, will commence crude oil production in the first quarter of next year.
A senior official of the $20bn Lekki-based refinery confirmed this on Saturday while reacting to an earlier report by S&P Global Commodity Insights.
“Yes, I saw the S&P report; our company is truly going to start crude oil production to support the refinery, but it is going to start in the first quarter of 2025,” the impeccable Dangote refinery source, who spoke to one of our correspondents in confidence due to lack of authorisation to speak on the matter, stated.
The official noted that development would further ensure crude oil supply to the plant, stressing that efforts were ongoing to achieve this based on the target date.
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