Huge Gasoline-Making Unit at Dangote Refinery Is in Maintenance

Bloomberg · last updated April 26, 2025 – 8:12 AM

A large fuel-production unit at Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery is undergoing maintenance, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A Dangote spokesman denied that the unit, a so-called residue fluid catalytic cracker, was under maintenance. He said the plant was loading fuel onto trucks daily, including at least 21 million liters on Friday. Truck shipments feed Nigeria’s domestic market.

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