Lekki refinery

Also known as:

Lagos, Dangote

Lekki is a large new refinery being built in Nigeria by Dangote.

Total project cost of $12B

The refinery is intended to run local crude and supply product to the local market, displacing imports.

Includes a polyproplylene and fertilizer plant.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 650 kbpd

RCC - 206    

Alkylation - 33 kbpd    

Polymerization    

C5/C6 Isomerization - 59 kbpd   

Reformer - 129 kbpd -  (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater - 169 kbpd  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 86 kbpd   

Distillate hydrotreater - 175 kbpd   

VGO hydrotreater - 148 kbpd   

Location


refinery website

Refinery history

2015 - Construction began

2022 - Test runs began end of year

2023 - Runs up to 400 kbpd expected by end of year