Nigerian business mogul Aliko Dangote plans to construct the largest privately owned refinery in Africa. The Dangote Industries Ltd. (DIL) integrated complex will be constructed in Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria, and will include a petrochemical complex and fertilizer facility. The project will be the first of its kind in Nigeria. The $9-B, 650-Mbpd refinery will include a petrochemical plant that will produce 750 Mtpy of polypropylene, and a fertilizer plant that will produce 2.8 MMtpy of urea arid ammonia for the nations agricultural sector. The refinery will produce gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and slurry to be used as a raw material for carbon black.
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