In the Facts Sheet, obtained by Energy Vanguard, the
company, stated: “Dangote Petroleum Refinery can meet 100% of the Nigerian
requirement of all refined products (Gasoline, 53 million litres per day;
Diesel, 34 litres per day; Kerosene, 10 million litres per day and Aviation
Jet, 2 million litres per day) and also have surplus of each of these products
for export.
“Designed for 100% Nigerian Crude with flexibility to
process other crudes. Self-sufficient Marine facility with ability for freight
optimization. Largest single order of 5 SPMs anywhere in the world. Diesel and
Gasoline Products from the refinery will conform to Euro V specifications.
“The refinery design complies to World Bank, US EPA,
European emission norms and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)
emission/effluent norms. State- of- the- art technology. Designed to process large
variety of crudes including many of the African Crudes, some of the Middle
Eastern Crudes and the US Light Tight Oil.”
It also stated: “65 Million Cubic Metres of Sand dredged
costing approx. Euros 300 Million , using the world’s largest, the second largest
and the tenth largest dredgers to elevate the height by 1.5 metres, to insure
against any potential impact of increase in mean sea level due to global
warming.
“Bought over 1,209 units of various equipment to enhance the
local capacity for site works since even the biggest local civil contractors
are unable to handle even small portions of our construction requirement.
“Bought 332 cranes to build up equipment installation
capacity since the current capacity in Nigeria is extremely poor. Built the world’s
largest granite quarry to supply coarse aggregate, stone column material, stone
base, stone dust & material for break water. (10 million tonnes per year
production capacity).
“Developed a port and constructed two quays with a load
bearing capacity of 25 tonnes/ sq meter to bring Over Dimensional Cargoes close
to the site directly.
“Constructed two more quays in the port with a capacity to
handle up to Panamax vessels to export the fertiliser and the petrochemicals
and two quays to handle liquid cargoes. The port will thus have 6 quays,
including a Roll-on/Roll-off quay.
“In the course of the civil works, some days 700 piles were
drilled daily, and the total number of piles came to 250,000. It has 177 tanks
of 4.742 billion litre capacity.
“Total tanker loading of 2,900. This number is based on
tanker capacity of 33KL. Dangote is one of the few companies in the world
executing a Petroleum Refinery and a Petrochemical complex directly as an
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Contractor.”
“Globally, apart from three companies, no individual owner
has done the complete EPC Contract for a Petroleum Refinery. Temporary housing
units on the premises can house 33,000 persons.
“The project utilised the coordination of various local and
international suppliers and the coordination of multi-cultural work teams. The
Dangote Refinery Plant is a legacy project that will see Nigeria netting 21
billion dollars per annum.”