Dangote lets contract for Nigerian refinery

Nov. 25, 2013
Nigerian company Dangote Group has selected Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) for project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) for a refinery and polypropylene plant in Nigeria.

Nigerian company Dangote Group has selected Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) for project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) for a refinery and polypropylene plant in Nigeria.

Under the agreement, which is valued at $139 million, EIL will provide project PMC and EPCM services for implementing a grassroots 400,000-b/d refinery and 600,000-tonne/year polypropylene plant, EIL said.

The refinery project will include a crude distillation unit, single-train residual fluid catalytic cracking unit, diesel hydrotreating unit, continuous catalyst regeneration unit, alkylation unit, polypropylene unit, according to EIL.

A single-point mooring terminal for crude oil and product handling also would be integrated with the refinery, EIL said.