Africa News Agency reports that Europe’s aviation sector will receive a consignment of jet fuel from Africa, with Nigeria’s Dangote Industries shipping 60,000 metric tons of jet fuel to Europe on July 17, 2025.
In May 2024, the company made history, successfully sending 45.000 metric tons of jet fuel to Europe.
DANGOTE INDUSTRIES FUEL REFINERY
Dangote’s $20 billion refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, is now operating at around 85% capacity.
This benefits Nigeria and enables it to generate income as well as to reduce dependency on fuel imports.
The facility plays an important role in converting heavy crude oil into higher-value products including gasoline, diesel, and liquefied petroleum gas.
The refinery has been leveraging global supply chains, including purchasing significant amounts of crude oil from the United States.
SCALING UP PRODUCTION
According to Business Insider, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Africa’s largest single-train oil refinery, is undergoing a strategic upgrade to expand its production capacity from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 700,000 bpd by the end of 2025.
At its launch, Dangote Refinery’s capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) ranked it as the seventh largest refinery in the world. And, it was also ranked Africa’s largest.
With a recent upgrade to 700,000 bpd, Dangote aims to surpass South Korea’s Onsan Refinery, which ranks sixth in the world, with a capacity of 669,000 bpd.
The establishment of this facility was born out of a failed attempt by Dangote to acquire Nigeria’s state-owned refineries in 2007.
The scaling up of capacity at Dangote could mean that Europe as well as other parts of the world soon see more fuel as well and jet fuel coming from Africa.
During a media tour of the facility, Dangote Group President, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said that Dangote remains optimistic of reaching full operational capacity by the end of 2025.
“ Our RFCC is at 85 per cent. We are not up to 100 per cent because there are some modifications that we are doing. It will finish by the end of the year, and we believe we will get to 700,000 bpd, not even 650,000, because all the other components that we have and all the other departments have all (reached 100 per cent). Some are even doing up to 145 per cent. So, we’ve done very well in that area,” Dangote said.
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